Background
The son of John Russell (died 26 April 1802), rector of Helmdon, Northamptonshire, and Ilmington, Warwickshire, he was educated at Charterhouse School, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, on 3 May 1803.
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John Russell
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He graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1806 and Master of Arts
Career
In 1809, took holy orders in 1810, and was appointed headmaster of Charterhouse in 1811. In 1827 Russell was made a prebendary and afterwards canon residentiary of Canterbury Cathedral. He resigned the head-mastership in 1832, on being presented to the rectory of Saint Botolph"s, Bishopsgate.
He was president of Sion College in 1845 and 1846, and was treasurer of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and an administrator of other societies.
He held Saint 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.
