Sir James Russell of Ashiestiel

(1781-1859)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Russell Sir James (1781-1859) Knight General LBT ID: JaRusse1859	B/BAP: 1781-08-17 DIED: 1859-05-15
SOURCES: Charles Rogers, Genealogical Memoirs the Family of Sir Walter Scott (1877) lvii
The son of William Russell; he was born in Madras and was Major General in the Army; he was Sir Walter Scott's cousin.
REFERENCES TO Sir James Russell of Ashiestiel: Walter Scott to Lady Louisa Stuart, [January 1820] in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Walter Scott to Robert Shortreed, 19 January 1820 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter I 1804-05 Found 1: ¶ 2 Chapter XI 1811 Found 1: ¶ 10 Chapter X 1819 Chapter XI 1820 Chapter IV 1825 Found 5: ¶ n1 ¶ 40 ¶ 41 ¶ n1 ¶ 64 Chapter V 1826 Found 4: ¶ 6 ¶ 9 ¶ 12 ¶ 13 Chapter IX 1826 Found 2: ¶ 16 ¶ 17 Chapter XI 1826 Found 1: ¶ 39 Chapter XI 1832 Found 1: ¶ 35