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William Russell (engineer)
William Russell may refer to: Bishopry * William Russell (bishop of Sodor) (before 1300–1374), Cistercian prelate from Isle of Man * William Russell (bishop of North China) (1821–1879), Irish Protestant missionary to China * William Thomas Russell (1863–1927), American Roman Catholic bishop of Charleston Business * William Russell (banker) (1734–1817) English collier and banker * William Russell (merchant) (1740–1818), English merchant * William Hepburn Russell (1812–1872), American freight contractor, founder of Pony Express * William Greeneberry Russell (1818–1887), American prospector and miner * William Hamilton Russell (1856–1907), American architect Education * William Russell (educator) (1798–1873), American teacher born in Scotland * William Fletcher Russell (1890–1956), American educationalist; president of Teachers College * William D. Russell (historian) (born 1938), American history professor Film * William Russell (American actor) (1884–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Russell (bishop Of Sodor)
William Russell (died 1374) was a Cistercian prelate who appears to have been a monk at Rushen Abbey on the Isle of Man (Mann), ascending to the rank of abbot there, before his election as List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Sodor and Man, Bishop of Mann and Bishop of the Isles (Sodor). After traveling to Continental Europe for confirmation and consecration, avoiding a trip to the metropolitan in Norway, he returned to the Irish Sea as a legal bishop. During his episcopate, he was active in England and oversaw the promulgation of several provincial statutes. Abbot of Rushen and election A Manx people, native of Isle of Man, Mann, an island in the Irish Sea south of Galloway in Scotland, for 18 years Russell was the abbot of Rushen Abbey.Christian, "Russell, William (d. 1374)". In either 1348 or 1349 he was elected List of the Bishops of the Diocese of Sodor and Man, Bishop of Mann and Bishop of the Isles, the Isles. Papal letters reveal that the see had recently been made vacant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, Of Chippenham
Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Chippenham (before 1585 – 1654), was an English politician who sat as MP for New Windsor (UK Parliament constituency), New Windsor. He was a prominent member of several of the great trading companies. He was Treasurer of the Navy from 1618 until c. 1627, and was reappointed in 1630. He was created Russell Baronets#Russell baronets, of Chippenham (1629), Baronet of Chippenham in 1630. Biography William was the son of William Russell of Egham, Surrey and Joan Sanders. He travelled to Russia before attending Gray's Inn in 1631. Williams was sworn a free brother of the East India Company on 20 October 1609, "having formerly bought Francis Cherry (diplomat), Sir Francis Cherry's adventure", and became a director on 5 July 1615. He was appointed a director of the North-West Passage Company in July 1612. For many years he traded as an adventurer in the Muscovy Company, but, dissatisfied with the management, withdrew his capital. He afterwards became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Russell (Kentucky Politician)
Colonel William Russell III (March 6, 1758 – July 3, 1825) was a soldier, pioneer, and politician from Virginia and Kentucky. He was born in Culpeper County, Virginia to William Russell and Tabitha (Adams) Russell. William Sr. was a prominent citizen of southwestern Virginia and served as a colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. In 1773, the elder Russell took his family, including William Jr., westward in the first attempt to establish a permanent white settlement in Kentucky. The attempt, guided by Daniel Boone, was abandoned after a fatal attack by American Indians. Boone's son, James Boone, and Henry Russell, a son of William Russell, were captured and tortured to death by the Native Americans. During the American Revolution, William Russell Jr. was a captain in the Virginia militia, taking part in the Battle of Kings Mountain as an aide to Colonel William Campbell. At the war's end, he moved to Kentucky, settling in 1783 in Fayette Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Russell (Virginia Politician)
William Russell (1735 – January 14, 1793) was an army officer and a prominent settler of the southwestern region of the Virginia Colony. He led an early attempt to settle the "Kentuckee Territory" (then part of Virginia). He was a justice of Fincastle County, Virginia. During the American Revolutionary War he fought in the Battle of Yorktown. While a representative in the Virginia House of Delegates, Russell was noted for his stance opposing the 1785 State of Franklin petition for admittance into the United States. Personal life William Russell was educated at the College of William & Mary. Russell's first wife was Tabitha Adams, who died in 1776. His second wife, Elizabeth Henry —a sister of Patrick Henry —survived him by more than thirty years. Elizabeth was important in the early history of the Methodist Church in America. Many descendants of Russell lived in Russell and Scott Counties in Virginia. Frontiersman Russell led an early attempt to settle the area t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Russell (Lord Mayor)
Sir William Anthony Bowater Russell (born 15 April 1965) is a British people, British financier who served as the List of lord mayors of London, 692nd Lord Mayor of London, Lord Mayor of the City of London from 2019 to 2021. Biography Educated at Eton College, Eton and Durham University, graduating Bachelor of Arts, B.A., Russell started his career in financial services at First Boston in 1987, and joined Merrill Lynch in 1992, working in Hong Kong, New York City, New York and London, before leaving in 2006 for public service. Sheriffs of the City of London, Sheriff of the City of London for 2016/17, Russell was then elected Lord Mayor on 1 October 2019, taking Municipal corporation, office on 9 November 2019. In view of the global disruption to public life brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, Russell was re-elected, on 29 September 2020, as Lord Mayor of London to serve a second term for 2021, the first Lord Mayor to serve more than one term since William_Cubitt_(politicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Russell (Bolton MP)
William Russell (28 August 1859 – 31 October 1937) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was the son of George Russell. He was a solicitor in Bolton, Lancashire, retiring as the head of his firm in 1920. He was Mayor of Bolton for 1921–22 and a member of parliament (MP) for Bolton Bolton ( , locally ) is a town in Greater Manchester in England. In the foothills of the West Pennine Moors, Bolton is between Manchester, Blackburn, Wigan, Bury, Greater Manchester, Bury and Salford. It is surrounded by several towns and vill ... from 1922 to 1923. References External links * William Russell at http://www.boltonsmayors.org.uk/ 1859 births 1937 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Mayors of Bolton UK MPs 1922–1923 Conservative Party (UK) mayors {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1850s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Russell, 2nd Baronet
Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom), Lieutenant-General Sir William Russell, 2nd Baronet (5 April 1822 – 19 March 1892), was a British Army officer who served in the Crimean War and in the suppression of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and then became a Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Dover (UK Parliament constituency), Dover from 1857 to 1859, and for Norwich (UK Parliament constituency), Norwich from 1860 to 1874. Early life Russell was the son of Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet of Charlton Park (1773–1839) and his second wife Jane Eliza Russell, daughter of Major-General James Dodington Sherwood. Military career Russell entered the army as a Cornet in 1841, became a Lieutenant in February 1846, a captain in April 1857, a Major in August 1857, a lieutenant-colonel in November 1858, and colonel in July 1863. In April 1854, Sir William of the 7th Hussars was appointed as Aide-de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Russell, 8th Duke Of Bedford
William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford (1 July 1809 – 27 May 1872) styled Marquess of Tavistock from 1839 to 1861, was a British Whigs (British political party), Whig politician. He was the son of Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford and his wife Anna Maria Stanhope, Duchess of Bedford, Anna Maria Stanhope. Russell was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford and was Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), member of parliament (MP) for Tavistock (UK Parliament constituency), Tavistock (which had been represented by members of the Russell family intermittently since 1640) from 1832 to 1841. He died in 1872, aged 62, unmarried and childless and was buried in the 'Bedford Chapel' at St Michael's, Chenies, St. Michael's Church, Chenies, Buckinghamshire. His titles passed to his cousin, Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford, Francis Hastings Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford. References * * External links * 1809 births 1872 deaths Dukes of Bedford, 408 Mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Russell (Durham MP)
William Russell (9 November 1798 – 30 January 1850) of Brancepeth Castle in County Durham was a British Whig politician. He sat in the House of Commons between 1822 and 1832. Background He was the son of Matthew Russell and his wife Elizabeth Tennyson, and grandson of the wealthy William Russell of Brancepeth Castle. He was educated at Eton College and matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge, in 1818. In politics Russell was elected at a by-election in 1822 as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for borough of Saltash in Cornwall. He held that seat until the 1826 general election, when he was returned as an MP for the borough of Bletchingley in Surrey. He resigned the Bletchingley seat in 1827 (by taking the Chiltern Hundreds) to stand at a by-election for County Durham. It was caused by the elevation of the Whig John George Lambton to the House of Lords. On his home ground, Russell was returned without a contest. He was the county’s richest commoner, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Congreve Russell
William Congreve Russell (15 April 1778 – 1850) was a Whig politician in England. Russell was the son of Thomas Russell of Moor Green, Moseley, Worcestershire (now Birmingham), and Mary Garner, his second wife. He was appointed as a captain when the North Worcestershire Volunteers were established in September 1803. On 19 July 1820, he married Elizabeth Mary Hopper (d. 27 June 1821), by whom he had one daughter: * Elizabeth Mary Russell, married in 1839 to Joseph Bailey He was elected at the 1832 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament (MP) for East Worcestershire, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1835 general election. He was also High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1839. Kings Heath Park was made for him. References External links * 1778 births 1850 deaths Deputy lieutenants of Worcestershire High sheriffs of Worcestershire UK MPs 1832–1835 Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies {{Engla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, Of Charlton Park
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of "", with the equivalent "My Lord" in English. Traditionally, as governed by law and custom, Sir is used for men who are knights and belong to certain orders of chivalry, as well as later applied to baronets and other offices. As the female equivalent for knighthood is damehood, the '' suo jure'' female equivalent term is typically Dame. The wife of a knight or baronet tends to be addressed as Lady, although a few exceptions and interchanges of these uses exist. Additionally, since the late modern period, Sir has been used as a respectful way to address a man of superior social status or military rank. Equivalent terms of address for women are Madam (shortened to Ma'am), in addition to social honorifics such as Mrs, Ms, or Miss. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord William Russell
Lord William Russell (20 August 1767 – 5 May 1840) was a member of the British aristocratic Russell family and longtime Member of Parliament. He did little to attract public attention after the end of his political career until, in 1840, he was murdered in his sleep by his valet. Life Russell was the posthumous child of Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock, eldest son of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford. He was the youngest brother of Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford, and John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, and uncle of Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford. Russell married Lady Charlotte Villiers, eldest daughter of George Bussy Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey, on 11 July 1789; they had seven children. Lady Charlotte died in 1808. As was mentioned in evidence at the trial of his murderer, Russell had a locket containing some of his wife's hair, which he valued greatly. ''The Times'', reporting on proceedings where Russell's eligibility to register as a voter in Middlese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
