Men of the Time, eleventh edition/Russell, Charles

​RUSSELL, Sir Charles, Bart., ​M.P., eldest surviving son of Sir Henry Russell, the second baronet, by his second wife, Marie Clotilde, daughter of Monsieur Mottet de la Fontaine, was born at Southern Hill, Reading, June 22, 1826. He was educated at Eton, and succeeded his father as third baronet, April 19, 1852. He was appointed to the 35th Regiment in Aug., 1843; served with the regiment in Mauritius; was transferred to the Grenadier Guards in 1847; proceeded with the Expeditionary Force to Malta in Feb., 1854, and served throughout the Crimean campaign. He was present at the landing of Old Fort, and at the battles of Alma, Balaclava, Inkermann, and the siege of Sebastopol; was appointed D.A.A.G. and D.A.Q.G. after the battle of Inkermann; was promoted Brevet-Major for distinguished service in the field; received the Victoria Cross for his conduct at Inkermann, as also the Crimean medal and four clasps, the Turkish medal and order of the Medjidie, and the order of the Legion of Honour. He represented Berkshire in the Conservative interest, in the Parliament of 1865-68, and vacated his seat for that county under the operation of the minority vote. He was returned for Westminster in 1874, but resigned in 1882. He is Hon.-Col. of the 46th Middlesex Volunteers. Sir Charles is a Deputy Lieutenant and a Justice of the Peace for Berkshire.