Sir Henry Russell II

Sir Henry Russell II, Bart 1783-1852

Henry was born on 17 May 1783, the son of Sir Henry Russell, Bart. and Anne Barbara Whitworth, at Dover, Kent.
He went to Calcutta with his father in May 1798; appointed a writer, Nov. 1798, Assistant Secretary to the Resident at Hyderabad, 1800; Secretary, 1802; Third member of the Commission appointed to investigate the claims of the Nawab of the Carnatic, 1807; Officiating Resident at Poona, 1809; the British representative at the Court of Hyderabad, 1811-1820, during the Mahratta-Pindari War, in which the Nizam's Army proved of much service.

Another person who accompanied the family to India in 1798, was the niece of his mother; a young lady named Hon. Rose Whitworth Aylmer, born October 1779; only daughter of Henry, fourth Baron Aylmer, and his wife Catherine, who was sister to Lord Whitworth, Ambassador to Buonaparte in 1803. She ultimately became engaged to Henry, but died of cholera on 2 March 1800, at her uncle's house in Calcutta. Henry succeeded as the 2nd Baronet of Swallowfield, Berkshire on 19 April 1836, upon the death of his father, Sir Henry (1751-1836).

Jane Amelia Casamaijor 1789-1809 (1^st Wife)

Jane was born 20 August 1789, the daughter of James Henry Casamaijor and Elizabeth Helen Campbell, at Fort St George, India.
I have not identified any children.

Birth of Parents

Henry Russell II

b: 17 May 1783 Dover, Kent
son of Sir Henry Russell and Anne Barbara Whitworth

Jane Amelia Casamaijor

b: 20 Aug 1789 c: 14 Sep 1789 Fort St George, Tamil Nadu, India
daughter of James Henry Casamaijor and Elizabeth Helen Campbell

Marriage

20 Dec 1808
Henry Russell II (25)
Jane Amelia Casamaijor (19)

Madras, India

Death

Jane Amelia (Casamaijor) Russell

Died 29 Jan 1809, Age 19, Madras, India

Saint Mary's Church, Fort St. George, Madras India
Burial of Jane Amelia Casamaijor

Marie Clotilde Mottet de La Fontaine 1794-1872 (2^nd Wife)

Marie was born on 3 June 1794, the daughter of Benoit Mottet de La Fontaine and Marie Marguerite Villon de Fécamp, at Pondicherry, India.
I have identified the following children.

Henry	Born 9 Jun 1819
Anna	Born 21 Sep 1820	Hyderabad, India
Mary	Born 24 Sep 1822	Sutton, Bedford	Married Dawson Cornelius Greene
Charles	Born 22 Jun 1826	Reading, Berks
George	Born 23 Aug 1828	Swallowfield, Berks	Married Constance Charlotte E. Lennox
Priscilla	Born 19 Jan 1830	Swallowfield, Berks	Married George Brackenbury

Birth of new wife

Marie Clotilde Mottet de La Fontaine b: 3 Jun 1794 Pondicherry, India

daughter of Benoit Mottet de La Fontaine and Marie Marguerite Villon de Fécamp

Marriage

13 Nov 1816
Henry Russell II (33)
Marie Clotilde Mottet de La Fontaine (21)

Saint-Corneille church in Compiègne, France

Children

Henry Russell

b: 9 Jun 1819
son of Henry Russell II and Marie Clotilde Mottet de La Fontaine

Anna Russell

b: 21 Sep 1820 c: 4 Aug 1821 Saint Mary, St Marylebone, London
daughter of Henry Russell II and Marie Clotilde Mottet de La Fontaine, Hyderabad, India

Mary Russell

b: 24 Sep 1822 c: 1 Jan 1823 Eyworth, Bedfordshire
daughter of Henry Russell II and Marie Clotilde Mottet de La Fontaine

Charles Russell

b: 22 Jun 1826 c: 19 Aug 1826 Reading, Berkshire
son of Henry Russell II and Marie Clotilde Mottet de La Fontaine

George Russell

b: 23 Aug 1828 c: 25 Oct 1828 Swallowfield, Berkshire
son of Henry Russell II and Marie Clotilde Mottet de La Fontaine

Priscilla Russell

b: 19 Jan 1830 c: 19 Aug 1830 Swallowfield, Berkshire
daughter of Henry Russell II and Marie Clotilde Mottet de La Fontaine

1841 Census	HO107-736	7 June 1841	St James Square, St James, Middlesex
Charles Street			Born in this County?
Charles Russell Clotilde Priscilla Plus 3 Servants	Age 50 Age 40 Age 10	Ind.	Yes Foreign No	abt 1786 abt 1795 19 Jan 1830

1851 Census	HO107-1693	31 March 1851	Swallowfield, Berkshire
Swallowfield House
Henry Russell Clotilde (Wife) Charles Ann Mary Priscilla Charles (Brother) Plus 16 Servants	Age 67 Age 56 Age 26 Age 30 Age 28 Age 21 Age 64	Baronet & Landed Proprietor Army Lieutenant Army Lieutenant-Retired	London Pondicherry Reading Hyderabad Sutton Swallowfield London	India Berkshire East Indies Bedfordshire Berkshire	17 May 1783 abt 1795 22 Jun 1826 21 Sep 1820 24 Sep 1822 19 Jan 1830 abt 1786

Death

Sir Henry Russell II, 2nd Baronet

Died 19 Apr 1852, Swallowfield, Berkshire 1852 2Q Wokingham 2c 238
Charles becomes the 3rd Baronet Berkshire

1861 Census	RG9-751	8 April 1861	Swallowfield, Berkshire
Swallowfield Place
Sir Charles Russell, Bart Lady Russell (Mother) George (Brother) Ann (Suster) Priscilla (Suster) Plus 13 Servants	Age 34 Age 66 Age 32 Age 39 Age 29	Lt-Colonel Army Barrister	Reading India Swallowfield India Swallowfield	Berkshire (Brit Subj) Berkshire (Brit Subj) Berkshire	22 Jun 1826 abt 1795 23 Aug 1828 21 Sep 1820 19 Jan 1830

Swallowfield Park, Berkshire

1871 Census	RG10-1287	3 April 1871	East Swallowfield, Berkshire
Swallowfield Place
Charles Russell Annie (Sister) Plus 5 Servants	Age 44 Age 50	Baronet, Magistrate	Reading East Indies	Berkshire	22 Jun 1826 21 Sep 1820

Death

Lady Marie Clotilde (Mottet de La Fontaine) Russell

Died 31 Jan 1872, Age 77, Swallowfield, Berkshire

1872 1Q Wokingham 2c 252

The Times, Saturday, Feb 3, 1872 DEATHS

On the 31st Jan., at Swallowfield, Lady Russell, in her 78th year.

1881 Census	RG11-1311	4 April 1881	East Swallowfield, Berkshire
Swallowfield Park
Anne Russell Plus 4 Servants	Age 58	Annuitant	Hyderabad	East Indies	21 Sep 1820

1881 Census	RG11-1010	4 April 1881	Folkestone, Kent
19 Clifton Crescent
George Russell Constance C. E. (Wife) Marie Clotilde Arthur E. I. M. Charles (Brother) Plus 8 Servants	Age 52 Age 39 Age 7 Age 2 Age 54	Judge of County Courts Bart, M.P., V.C.	Swallowfield London London Folkestone Southern Hill	Berkshire Middlesex Middlesex Kent Berkshire	23 Aug 1828 abt 1841 abt 1873 abt 1878 22 Jun 1826

Death

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Russell, 3rd Baronet VC Died 13 Apr 1883, Age 56, Swallowfield, Berkshire

George becomes the 4th Baronet Berkshire 1883 2Q Wokingham 2c 252

The Times, Tuesday, Apr 17, 1883 DEATHS

On the 14th Apr., at Swallowfield, Colonel Sir Charles Russell, Bart., V.C., in his 57th year.

The Times, Monday, Apr 16, 1883 OBITUARIES

OBITUARY We regret to announce the death of Sir Charles Russell, which took place on Saturday at Swallowfield, near Reading, in his 57th year. He was the eldest surviving son of Sir Henry Russell, the second baronet, by his second wife Marie Clotilde, daughter of M. Mottet de la Fontaine. Sir Charles was educated at Eton, and entered the Army in 1843, when he was appointed to the 35th Regiment, with which he served in the Mauritius. Transferred to the Grenadier Guards in 1847, he served with distinction throughout the whole of the campaign, having been present at the battles of the Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, and the siege of Sebastopol. For his valour at Inkerman he received the Victoria Cross. He also obtained the Crimean medal with four clasps, the Turkish medal, and the Order of the Medjidie, and was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour. He was appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General with the Army in the Crimea. He succeeded his father as third baronet on 1852. He had been a Deputy-Lieutenant for Berkshire since 1855, and sat for that county in Parliament in the Conservative interest from July, 1865, to November, 1868, when he retired from the representation under the minority clause of the Reform Act of 1867. He was returned for Westminster as the colleague of Mr. W. H. Smith in 1874, and was re-elected in 1880, but retired in 1882 in consequence of ill health. He is succeeded in the baronetcy by his brother, Mr. George Russell, County Court Judge.

LONDON 13 Sep 1883 Probate

SIR RUSSELL, Charles Bart. - The Will of Sir Charles Russell, late of Swallowfield Park, near Reading, in the County of Berks, Baronet, who died 14 April 1883, at Swallowfield Park, was proved at the Principal Registry, by Sir George Russell, of Swallowfield P, Baronet, the Brother, the Sole Executor. Effects £39,433 10s. 10d.

SPECIAL THANKS to Penny Graham, of England, for inspiring the research of this family, and for many of the details provided.