William Congreve Russell

William Congreve Russell (15 April 1778–1850)^[1] was an Whig politician in England.

Russell was the son of Thomas Russell, of Moore Green, King's Norton, by his second wife, Mary Garner. He was commissioned a captain when the North Worcestershire Volunteers were formed in September 1803. On 19 July 1820, he married Elizabeth Mary Hopper (d. 27 June 1821), by whom he had one daughter:^[2]

Elizabeth Mary Russell, married in 1839 to Joseph Bailey

He was elected at the 1832 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament (MP) for East Worcestershire,^[3] and held the seat until he stood down at the 1835 general election.^[3]

He was also High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1839.^[2] Kings Heath Park was made for him.

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
^ ^a ^b The Gentleman's Magazine 189: 204. http://books.google.com/books?id=Wf0RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA204.
^ ^a ^b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 484. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Russell

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for East Worcestershire 1832 – 1835 With: Thomas Cookes	Succeeded by Thomas Cookes Edward Holland
Honorary titles
Preceded by Robert Berkeley	High Sheriff of Worcestershire 1839	Succeeded by James Foster

Persondata
Name	Russell, William C
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	15 April 1778
Place of birth
Date of death	1850
Place of death