Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Charlton Park

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.[1][2]

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.[1][3]

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.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c 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.
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