Education
He was educated at Eton College and then went to Cambridge University.
He was educated at Eton College and then went to Cambridge University.
His education was interrupted by the Second World War, in which he served for three years. He revived the fortunes of the nursery and then started in a career of garden design. His first commission was for Lord Hastings at Seaton Delaval Hall in Northumberland.
He later worked for the Howard family of Castle Howard in North Yorkshire.
In the 1960s Russell worked with the wives of the 4th and 5th Dukes of Westminster in Eaton Hall, Cheshire, to develop the gardens that had been neglected for many years. He later worked with the garden designer Graham Stuart Thomas.