The Cullen Project | People [PERS ID:5650]

People [PERS ID:5650]

Field	Data
ID	5650
Title	Mr
First Name	William
Middle Name/Initial(s)
Last Name	Russell
Maiden Name
AKA	Russel; of Newbottle; later of Brancepeth Castle
Gender	Male
Occupation	Banker, mine-owner
Medical Professional?	Unknown

Birth/Death

Birth/Death
Birth (year)	1734
Date of death (year)	1817

Notes


A Sunderland banker, mine-owner, and one of "the Grand Allies" who dominated the North East coal trade. He lived at Russell House, Newbottle, and later bought Brancepeth Castle. He married first, in 1762, Mary Harrison, co-heiress of a Sunderland merchant. She was the mother of his three children, including Margaret, Cullen's patient. He married secondly, in 1790, Anne Milbanke, daughter of Sir Ralph Milbanke of Halnaby, Bt., with no further issue. His son Matthew, MP for Saltash, was reputedly the richest commoner in England. His other daughter, Mary, married Colonel William Hamilton Bunbury of Connomara, Co. Carlow (who is commemorated on a memorial plaque in the parish church of Bucklebury, near Newbury).

A Sunderland banker, mine-owner, and one of "the Grand Allies" who dominated the North East coal trade. He lived at Russell House, Newbottle, and later bought Brancepeth Castle. He married first, in 1762, Mary Harrison, co-heiress of a Sunderland merchant. She was the mother of his three children, including Margaret, Cullen's patient. He married secondly, in 1790, Anne Milbanke, daughter of Sir Ralph Milbanke of Halnaby, Bt., with no further issue. His son Matthew, MP for Saltash, was reputedly the richest commoner in England. His other daughter, Mary, married Colonel William Hamilton Bunbury of Connomara, Co. Carlow (who is commemorated on a memorial plaque in the parish church of Bucklebury, near Newbury).

Further Information about this person

Link
Misc	For information on Brancepeth Castle
Misc	Further information on Matthew Russell

Cases that this person appears in:

Count	Case ID	Case Name
1	Case 2030	Case of nine-year-old Miss Margaret Russell who has been treated for ulcerated tumours on her face and body.