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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Russell    
First Name(s)  Henry    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir, Baronet     
Birth Year  1783    
Death Year  1852    
Entry  Born May 27, 1783 : son of Sir Henry Russell, Bart, (q.v.), Chief Justice of Bengal, 1807-13 : went to Calcutta with his father, May, 1798 : appointed a writer, Nov. 1798 : Assistant Secretary to the Resident at Hyderabad, 1800 : Secretary, 1802 : Third Member of the Commission appointed to investigate the claims of the Nawab of the Carnatic, 1807 : officiating Resident at Poona, 1809 : Resident at Hyderabad, 1811-20, during the Mahratta-Pindari war, in which the Nizam's Army proved of much service, Lord Wellesley spoke of Russell, when Resident, as the most promising young man he knew : proceeded to Europe, Dec. 27, 1820 : was out of service in 1826, having exceeded 5 years' absence from India : he wrote ( 1842-9) letters to the Times, signed ""Civis,"" which were reprinted : died April 19, 1852.    
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