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Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Charlton Park

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Scottish physician (1773–1839)

Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Charlton Park (29 May 1773 – 26 September 1839) was a Scottish physician.

Life

Born at Edinburgh, he was the sixth son of John Russell of Roseburne, near Edinburgh, a writer to the signet, and uncle to Daniel Eliott. After taking the degree of M.D. at Edinburgh, he went to Calcutta. where he acquired a large medical practice.

In London for the cholera epidemic, he was created a baronet on 18 February 1832 for his medical services, and in April was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He died at Charlton Park, Gloucestershire at the age of 66.

Family

Russell's second wife, Jane Eliza Sherwood, portrait by Maria Bellett Browne

Sir William Russell, 2nd Baronet (1822–1892), British Army officer, was his son.

Notes

  1. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). "Russell, William (1822-1892)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 49. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. Prior, Katherine. "Eliott, Sir Daniel". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8632. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. Lieutenant-Colonel D. G. Crawford (8 February 2012). Roll of the Indian Medical Service 1615-1930 - Volume 1. Andrews UK Limited. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-78150-229-7.
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Charlton Park)
1832–1839
Succeeded byWilliam Russell
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