Jack Russell (priest)
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John Russell (21 December 1795 – 28 April 1883), was an English
Early life
Russell was born on 21 December 1795 in
He was educated at
.Sporting career
According to local legend, it was at Exeter College where he spotted a little white
Russell was a founding member of
Clerical career
In 1832, Russell was appointed vicar of
Marriage
In 1826, at Swimbridge he married Penelope Incledon-Bury, third daughter and co-heiress of Vice-Admiral Richard Incledon-Bury (1757-1825), Royal Navy, lord of the manor of Colleton, Chulmleigh in Devon,[12] who resided at Dennington, Swimbridge. Russell is said to have had expensive sporting habits both on and off the hunting-field, which drained the substantial resources of his heiress wife and left the estate of Colleton in poor condition.[13]
Death and burial
Russell died on 28 April 1883 at Black Torrington Receptory, and was buried in the churchyard of St. James's Church, Swimbridge, where he had served as vicar for 40 years.[14]
See also
- Jack Russell Terrier
- Parson Russell Terrier
- Russell Terrier
References
- ^ "The Parson Russell Terrier Club, UK - Introduction to the breed". Parsonrussellterrierclub.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 May 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ISBN 9781786074416
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 49. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 464.
- ^ "Famous OBs". blundells.org. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ISBN 978-0-19-820171-7.
- ^ From the civil war to Jack Russell breed by Chris Koenig, Oxford Times 25 January 2007
- ^ "A brief history of the Jack Russell - Jack Russell Terrier UK". Jack-russell-terrier.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 April 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ "Plentiful Run Parson Russell Terriers - About Us". Dogwebs.net. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ Vivian, p.499
- ^ Hörter, Ria (2012). "Parson John (Jack) Russell and the Jack Russell Terrier". The Canine Chronicle. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ Devon by W.G.Hoskins. Pub. David & Charles : Newton Abbot. 1978.Page 100.
- ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.499, pedigree of Incledon
- ^ Lauder, Rosemary Anne, A Tale of Two Rivers, Bideford, 1986, p.72
- ^ "History of Swimbridge Parish Church of St. James". swimbridgeparishchurch.org. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
Further reading
- Parson Jack Russell: The Hunting Legend 1795-1883 by Charles Noon, Halsgrove Publishers.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. 2004.)
{{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty|title=(help - Baker, Margaret Mitford. Jack Russell, hunting parson of old Devon. Devon Life vol. 7 no. 56 (1971) pp. 37. [1796-1833]
- Davies, E.W.L. A memoir of the Rev. John Russell and his out-of-door life. (New ed.) London: Richard Bentley & Son, (1883), portrait, xii, 397 pp. [Index]
- Kerr, Eleanor. Hunting parson: the life and times of the Reverend John Russell. London: Herbert Jenkins (1963) 192p, plates: ill.
- Lamplugh, Lois. Parson Jack Russell of Swimbridge. Swimbridge: Wellspring (1994) [ii], 27p: ill, ports [ISBN 0951534734]
- Noon, C. Parson Jack Russell: The Hunting Legend 1995–1883, Halsgrove Press, Tiverton (2000) 144 pp. [ISBN 1841140503]
- Pepper, Frank S. Parson Jack Russell. Swimbridge: Church Council (1981) 8p. [Westcountry Studies Library - p920/RUS]
- Lifetime Passion for All Forms of Hunting: The Sporting Parson The Reverend John Russell. Devon Family Historian 84 (1997) pp. 2–3. [The Hunting Parson who bred the Jack Russell terrier]
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