John Russell

(1780-1862)

LBT ID: JoRusse1862	B/BAP: 1780-02-22 DIED: 1862-01-30
SOURCES: A History of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet (1890) 177; Gentleman's Magazine (March 1862) 383
Scottish barrister, the son of John Russell, W.S. and grandson of William Robertson; he was Principal Clerk of Session (1842-58) and treasurer of the Royal Society.
REFERENCES TO John Russell: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter XII 1824 Found 1: ¶ 22