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There have been seven '''baronetcies''' created for persons with the surname '''Russell''', three in the [[Baronetage of England]] and four in the [[Baronetage of the United Kingdom]].
[[File:Russell of Charlton Park arms.svg|thumb|[[Coat of arms|Arms]] of Russell of Charlton Park]]
[[File:Russell of Killowen Escutcheon.png|thumb|Arms of Russell of Littleworth Corner (Baron Russell of Killowen): ''Argent, a lion rampant gules on a chief sable three escallops of the first a bordure engrailed vert'' (a difference of Russell, [[Duke of Bedford]], which families were not related<ref>Cokayne, G. E. & Geoffrey H. White, eds. (1949). The Complete Peerage, or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times (Rickerton to Sisonby). 11 (2nd ed.). London: The St. Catherine Press, 1949, p.233</ref>)]]
There have been seven '''[[baronet]]cies''' created for persons with the surname '''Russell''', three in the [[Baronetage of England]] and four in the [[Baronetage of the United Kingdom]].


* [[Russell baronets of Wytley (1627)]]
The '''Russell baronetcy''', of Wytley in the County of Worcester (i.e. [[Witley Court]], [[Great Witley]]), was created in the Baronetage of England on 12 March 1627 for [[Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Wytley|William Russell]]. He represented [[Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)|Worcestershire]] in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. The second Baronet sat as [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Tewkesbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Tewkesbury]]. The title became extinct on his death in 1705.<ref name=Cockayne>[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092524382#page/n27/mode/2up George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage, Volume 2'' 1900]; p. 9</ref>
* [[Russell baronets of Chippenham (1629)]]

* [[Russell baronets of Langherne (1660)]]
The '''Russell baronetcy''', of Chippenham in the County of Cambridge, was created in the Baronetage of England on 19 January 1629 for [[Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Chippenham|William Russell]]. He represented [[Windsor (UK Parliament constituency)|Windsor]] in Parliament. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for [[Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Cambridgeshire]]. The title is presumed to have become extinct on the death of the tenth Baronet in 1804.
* [[Russell baronets of Swallowfield (1812)]]

* [[Russell baronets of Charlton Park (1832)]]
The '''Russell baronetcy''', of Langherne in the County of Carmarthen, was created in the Baronetage of England on 8 November 1660 for William Russell, a younger son of Sir William Russell of Chippenham. The title became extinct on his death in about 1714.
* [[Russell baronets of Littleworth Corner (1916)]]

* Russell baronets of Olney (1917): see [[Sir Thomas Russell, 1st Baronet]]
The '''Russell baronetcy''', of Swallowfield in the County of Berkshire, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 10 December 1812 for [[Sir Henry Russell, 1st Baronet|Henry Russell]]. He was Chief Justice of [[Bengal]] and was admitted to the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]] in 1816. The third Baronet represented [[Berkshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Berkshire]] and [[Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)|Westminster]] in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] and was also awarded the [[Victoria Cross]]. The fourth Baronet sat as Conservative Member of Parliament for [[East Berkshire (UK Parliament constituency)|East Berkshire]]. The sixth Baronet was a noted mineralogist. The presumed seventh Baronet never successfully proved his succession and was never on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. As a consequence, the presumed eighth and present Baronet has not proved his succession and is not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant since 1964.

The '''Russell baronetcy''', of Charlton Park in the County of Gloucester, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 9 April 1832 for William Russell. The second Baronet represented [[Dover (UK Parliament constituency)|Dover]] and [[Norwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwich]] in the House of Commons. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1915.

The '''Russell baronetcy''', of Littleworth Corner in Burnham in the County of Buckingham,<ref>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4755519?descriptiontype=Full&ref=HO+45/17451 www.nationalarchives.gov.uk]</ref> was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 18 January 1916 for [[Sir Charles Russell, 1st Baronet|Charles Russell]], a senior partner in the firm of [[List of largest United Kingdom-based law firms|Charles Russell and Co]], [[solicitors]]. He was the second son of [[Charles Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen]], the elder brother of [[Frank Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen]], and the uncle of [[Charles Ritchie Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen]]. The baronetcy was created with remainder, failing heirs male of the grantee, to the heirs male of his father, one of whom is [[Lord Mayor of London|Lord Mayor]] [[William Russell (Lord Mayor)|William Russell]],<ref>[https://democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=1202 www.cityoflondon.gov.uk]</ref> great-great-nephew of the 1st baronet.

The '''Russell baronetcy''', of Olney in the County of Dublin, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 20 June 1917 for [[Sir Thomas Wallace Russell, 1st Baronet|Thomas Wallace Russell]], for many years Member of Parliament for [[Tyrone South (UK Parliament constituency)|Tyrone South]] and [[Tyrone North (UK Parliament constituency)|Tyrone North]]. The title became extinct on his death in 1920.

==Russell baronets, of Wytley (1627)==
*[[Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Wytley|Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet]] ({{circa|1602}}–1669)
*[[Sir Francis Russell, 2nd Baronet, of Wytley|Sir Francis Russell, 2nd Baronet]] (c. 1638–1706)

==Russell baronets, of Chippenham (1629)==
*[[Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Chippenham|Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet]] (died 1654)
*[[Sir Francis Russell, 2nd Baronet, of Chippenham|Sir Francis Russell, 2nd Baronet]] (c. 1616–1664)
*[[Sir John Russell, 3rd Baronet]] (1640–1669)
*Sir William Russell, 4th Baronet (died 1707)
*Sir William Russell, 5th Baronet (died 1738)
*Sir Francis Russell, 6th Baronet (died c. 1750)
*Sir William Russell, 7th Baronet (died 1757)
*Sir John Russell, 8th Baronet (1741–1783)
*Sir John Russell, 9th Baronet (1777–1802)
*Sir George Russell, 10th Baronet (1780–1804)

==Russell baronets, of Langherne (1660)==
*Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet (died c. 1714)

==Russell baronets, of Swallowfield (1812)==
*[[Sir Henry Russell, 1st Baronet]] (1751–1836)
*Sir Henry Russell, 2nd Baronet (1783–1852)
*[[Sir Charles Russell, 3rd Baronet]] (1826–1883)
*[[Sir George Russell, 4th Baronet]] (1828–1898)
*Sir George Arthur Charles Russell, 5th Baronet (1868–1944)
*[[Sir Arthur Russell, 6th Baronet|Sir Arthur Edward Ian Montagu Russell, 6th Baronet]] (1878–1964)
*(Sir) George Michael Russell, 7th Baronet (1908–1993) (did not formally establish his right to the [[title]])
*(Sir) Arthur Mervyn Russell, 8th Baronet (1923–2010)
*(Sir) Stephen Charles Russell, presumed 9th Baronet (born 1949) (has not formally established his claim to the title)

The [[heir presumptive]] to the baronetcy is the 9th and present baronet's half brother, Ian Mervyn Russell (born 1956).

==Russell baronets, of Charlton Park (1832)==
*[[Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Charlton Park|Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet]] (1773–1839)
*[[Sir William Russell, 2nd Baronet]] (1822–1892)
*Sir William Russell, 3rd Baronet (1865–1915)

==Russell baronets, of Littleworth Corner (1916)==
*[[Sir Charles Russell, 1st Baronet]] (1863–1928)
*Sir Alec Charles Russell, 2nd Baronet, [[Military Cross|MC]]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30780 |date=5 July 1918 |page=7922 |supp=y}}</ref> (1894–1938)
*Sir Charles Ian Russell, 3rd Baronet (1918–1997)
*Sir Charles Dominic Russell, 4th Baronet (born 1956)<ref>[http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/3243/Charles-Dominic-RUSSELL Debrett's People of Today'']</ref>

The [[heir apparent]] to the baronetcy is the 4th and present baronet's son, Charles William Russell (born 1988).

==Russell baronets, of Olney (1917)==
*[[Sir Thomas Russell, 1st Baronet|Sir Thomas Wallace Russell, 1st Baronet]] (1841–1920)

== See also ==
*[[Russell (surname)]]
*[[Duke of Bedford]]
*[[Baronet]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

=== Notes ===
*Kidd, Charles & Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990

==External links==
* [http://www.burkespeerage.com/ www.burkespeerage.com]
* {{cite EB1922 |wstitle=Russell, Sir Thomas Wallace |volume=32 |pages=308–309}}


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