Regency Personalities Series-Sir William Russell 1st Baronet of Charlton Park
Regency Personalities Series
In my attempts to provide us with the details of the Regency, today I continue with one of the many period notables.
Sir William Russell 1st Baronet of Charlton Park
May 29, 1773 – September 26, 1839
Sir William Russell
Sir William Russell 1st Baronet of Charlton Park was a Scottish physician.
Born at Edinburgh on 29 May 1773, he was sixth son of John Russell of Roseburne, near Edinburgh, a writer to the signet, and uncle to Daniel Eliott. After taking the degree of M.D. at Edinburgh, he went to Calcutta. where he acquired a large medical practice.
Russell retired on 18 June 1831. In London for the cholera epidemic, he was created a baronet on 18 February 1832 for his medical services, and in April was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He died on 26 September 1839 at Charlton Park, Gloucestershire.
Sir William Russell, 2nd Baronet (1822–1892), British Army officer, was his son.
