Colliery magnate, the son of Matthew Russell; he was MP for Saltash (1802-07, 1808-22) and purchased and rebuilt Brancepath Castle.

REFERENCES TO Matthew Russell:

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 8 November 1825 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)