Background
He was the son of Lord Arthur Russell and Laura de Peyronnet, daughter of Paul Louis Jules, Viscount of Peyronnet.
He was the son of Lord Arthur Russell and Laura de Peyronnet, daughter of Paul Louis Jules, Viscount of Peyronnet.
Rising to the rank of Major, Russell"s military career included the Egyptian Campaign (1898), the Boer War (1899-1902), and World War I. In 1917, Russell married Maud Nelke, daughter of Paul Nelke, a German Jew who was the senior partner in Nelke Phillips & Company. Her grandfather had been Master of the Mint in Frankfurt and Berlin. After a stint with Salomon Brothers, Russell"s father-in-law assisted him with setting up the merchant banking firm, Cull and Company.
In 1934, he purchased Mottisfont.
There were two sons from the marriage, Martin Basil Paul Russell (born 1918) and Raymond Anthony Russell (1922-1964).