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Sir (Sydney) Gordon Russell, (20 May 1892 – 7 October 1980) was an English designer, craftsman and educationist.
Sir (Sydney) Gordon Russell, (20 May 1892 – 7 October 1980) was an English designer, craftsman and educationist.
Biography
Gordon Russell was born in Cricklewood, London to Sydney Bolton Russell and Elizabeth Russell (née Shefford). His father was a clerk in a bank but was later offered a job by George Allsopp in Burton-on-Trent, the brewers. The family moved to live in Repton. When Gordon was twelve years old his father bought the Lygon Arms Inn in Broadway Worcestershire and the family moved again to live in the hotel. Gordon went to theGrammar School
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at the nearby town of Chipping Campden (or just Campden as it was known then).
In 1921 Russell married Toni Denning. In 1925 he bought a -acre plot on Kingcombe Lane near Dover's Hill overlooking Chipping Campden where they built their home, which they called Kingcombe. They lived at Kingcombe for the rest of their lives, extending it several times over the years, and raised their four children there.
Career
He came under the influence of the Arts and Crafts movement from 1904 after his father had moved toBroadway
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Theatre
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in the Cotswolds
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The area is defined by the bedrock of Ju ...
to be hotelier at the Lygon Arms, through the Guild of Handicraft
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, the community of metalworkers, enamellers, wood carvers, furniture makers, and printers brought in 1902 by