a Brigade of Cavalry at Mahidpur, and distinguished himself: C.B., 1818: K.C.B., 1837: died May 16, 1859.
RUSSELL, PATRICK (1727–1805)
Son of John Russell: born Feb. 6, 1727: M.D. Edinburgh: doctor at Aleppo, 1750–71: returned to London: F.R.S., 1777: went to India, 1781, to Vizagapatam: became botanist in the Carnatic to the E. I. Co. 1785–9: wrote on The Poisonous Snakes of the Coromandel Coast, a Treatise on the Plague, 1791: edited the Natural History of Aleppo, and wrote a preface to Roxburgh's Plants of the Coromandel Coast, 1795: also on Fishes: died July 2, 1805.
RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM, BARONET (1822–1892)
Born April 5, 1822: son of Sur William Russell, M.D., Bart.: succeeded to the Baronetcy, 1839: entered the 7th Hussars, 1841: M.P. for Dover, 1857–9: in the Indian mutiny with his regt. at siege of Lucknow, March, 1858, and afterwards under Hope Grant at Nawabganj, and Sultanpur: in Horsford's Field Force: drove the rebels into Nipal, Feb. 1859: Lt-Colonel, 1858: C.B., 1859: M.P. for Norwich, 1860–74: Lt-General, 1881: died March 19, 1892.
RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD (1820–)
Born March 28, 1820: son of John Russell: educated at Trinity College, Dublin: journahst and war correspondent for the Times, in Schleswig-Holstein, 1850: Crimea, 1854–6: Indian mutiny, 1857–8: Italian campaign, 1859: Civil war in U.S.A., 1861–4: Danish war, 1864: Prussian-Austrian war, 1866: Franco-German war, 1870: South African war, 1879–80: 1883–4: accompanied H.R.H. the Prince of Wales on his Indian Tour, 1875–6: editor, Army and Navy Gazette: author of several books, including Diary of India, etc.: K.B. 1895: F.I.I.: F.R.G.S.: F.Z.S.
RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM OLDNALL (1785–1833)
Son of Samuel Oldnall: born 1785: took the name of his maternal grandfather, Russell, in 1816: educated at Christ Church, Oxford: called to the bar from Lincoln's Inn, 1809: was serjeant-at-law, 1827: Chief Justice of Bengal in 1832: knighted: died Jan. 22, 1833: wrote Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanours, declared to be the best general treatise on criminal law; and on other legal subjects.
RUSTOMJI, HEERJIBHOYMANACKJI (1845–1904)
Born May 12, 1845: son of Manackji Rustomji (q. v.). Sheriff of Calcutta: educated at St. Paul's School, Calcutta, 1854–61, and Calcutta University: became Deputy Accountant of the National Bank at Bombay: returned to Calcutta, 1866, and went into business: Member of the Corporation of Calcutta since 1882: elected, 1892, Head of the Parsis on his father's death: Consul for Persia in Calcutta, and Fellow of Calcutta University: Vice-President of the Bengal National Chamber of Commerce: Sheriff of Calcutta, 1901–2: a distinguished Freemason: Justice of the Peace: Hony. Magistrate: held a number of lesser offices: C.I.E., 1903: died May 8, 1904.
RUSTOMJI, MANACKJI (1815–1891)
Born in Bombay, Sep. 26, 1815: son of Rustomji Cowasji, a "merchant prince" in his day: head of the firm of Rustomji Cowasji & Co., Calcutta: educated at the Elphinstone School, Bombay: after establishing a branch firm in Canton, joined the firm in Calcutta, 1837, which owned the "opium clippers" to China: suffered in the Union Bank failure of 1849: succeeded his father as head of the firm, 1852: the first native gentleman appointed Sheriff of Calcutta, 1874: was J.P.: Presidency Magistrate: Member of the Calcutta Corporation head of the Parsi community in Calcutta: Consul for Persia from 1870: Director of several companies: died at Calcutta, Dec. 22, 1891: his picture is in the Town Hall, Calcutta, and a scholarship was founded at the University in his memory.
RYAN, SIR EDWARD (1793–1875)
Born Aug. 28, 1793: son of William Ryan: educated at Trinity College, Cambridge: called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1817: appointed, in 1826, a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court at Calcutta: knighted, and became Chief Justice of Bengal, 1833. until he retired in 1843: President of the Asiatic Society of Bengal,
