Background
AMPTHILL, Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell was born on February 19, 1869 in Rome. Son of 1st Baron and Lady Emily Theresa Villiers, Victoria and Albert, daughter of 4th Earl of Clarendon. 5. father, 1884.
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Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell AMPTHILL
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Eton; New College Oxford. Master of Arts.
Career
President London Rowing Club. Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell, F.R.G-South. Justice of the Peace, Deputy-Lieutenant, Bedfordshire.
Late Lieutenant Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry Cavalry, now Lieutenant-Colonel commanding 3rd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment. Provincial Grand Master Bedfords since 1890. Late District Grand Master of Madras Freemasons.
Pro Grand Master of Grand Lodge of Freemasons of England, 190S.
Membership
Clubs: Brooks’s, Bath, British Empire.
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Club; b. Rome, 19 Feb. 1869; s. of 1st Baron and Lady Emily Theresa Villiers, V.A., d. of 4th Earl of Clarendon; 5. father, 1884; m. Lady Margaret Lygon, d. of 6th Earl Beauchamp, 1894 ; four one d. Liberal Unionist. Rowed in Eton Eight, 1880-1888; Capt. 1887-1888; rowed in Oxford Univ. Eight, 1889-1891; Pres. 1891. Winner of Silver’Goblets Henley Regatta with Guy Nickalls, 1890-1891. President of Oxford Union Society, 1891; contested Fulham in the L.C.C. Election, 1895, as a Moderate; Assistant Private Secretary to Rt. Hon. J. Chamberlain, 1895-1897; Private Secretary, 1897-1900; Governor of Madras, 1899-1900; Viceroy and Gov.-Gen. of India (pro £em.),1904; British Delegate at International Conference on the Sugar Bounties, Brussels, 1898. Educ.: Eton; New Coll. Oxford. Heir: s. Hon. J. H. Russell Address: Milton Ernest Hall, Bedford. Clubs: Brooks’s, Bath, British Empire.
Connections
Heir: Honourable J. H. Russell.
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British