John Russell (headmaster)

John Russell D.D. (1787–1863) was an English clergyman and headmaster of Charterhouse School.

Life

The son of John Russell (died 26 April 1802), rector of

Sir Henry Havelock, and William Makepeace Thackeray, who alluded the school and Russell in his works.^[1]

In 1827 Russell was made a prebendary and afterwards canon residentiary of

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and an administrator of other societies. He held St. Botolph's rectory until his death, at the Oaks, Canterbury, on 3 June 1863. A Latin inscription to his memory, and that of two sons, was placed in the Charterhouse chapel.^[1]

Works

Besides separate sermons and school books, Russell published The History of Sion College, London, 1859, and edited for the first time The Ephemerides of Isaac Casaubon, with a Latin preface and notes, 2 vols. Oxford, 1850.^[1]

Family

By his wife, Mary Augusta Lloyd, a cousin of Charles Lloyd, Russell had four sons (John (died 1836), Francis, William, and Arthur (died 1828)), and two daughters: Augusta, wife of the Rev. G. Bridges More; and Mary, wife of General William Nelson Hutchinson.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). "Russell, John (1787-1863)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 49. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). "Russell, John (1787-1863)". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 49. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[DNB-1] Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). "Russell, John (1787-1863)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 49. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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