Francis Shirley Russell^[1]

1840 - 1912  (71 years)

• Birth	13 Dec 1840
  Residence	Aden
  Academic degree	Bachelor of Arts (BA)
  Occupation / Profession	- Deputy Lieutenant (DL) - Justice of the Peace (JP)
  Occupation / Profession	Colonel in 1st Royal Dragoons (Honorary Colonel from 1900)
  Occupation / Profession	Major-General
  Occupation / Profession	From 1889 to 1891 (48 years old)
  	Military Attaché in Berlin
  Occupation / Profession	From 1892 to 1901 (51 years old)
  	Aberdeen Defence Brigade
  Occupation / Profession	From 1895 to 1900 (54 years old)
  	Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheltenham
  Honor	Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG)
  Honor	Order of Prussian Crown 1st Class
  Death	21 Mar 1912
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Alexander Russel           b. Date unknown             d. 1645, Elgin   (4 x Great Grandfather)  Caroline Lambton           b. Date unknown             d. 2 Oct 1864  (Mother)
  Siblings	1 brother, 2 sisters and 1 person of an unknown gender
  	01. Alexander Cumming Russell           b. Date unknown             d. Feb 1852   02. James George Ferguson Russell           b. 11 Feb 1836             d. 1887  (Age 50 years) └─Elizabeth Sophia Young           b. Date unknown             d. Aug 1915   m. 29 Apr 1858   + 03. Francis Shirley Russell           b. 13 Dec 1840             d. 21 Mar 1912  (Age 71 years) └─Philippa Augusta Maria Baillie,   m. 1 Sep 1888     04. Georgiana Russell   05. NameNotKnown Russell
  Person ID	P4801	Europe
  Links To	This person is also Francis Russell (MP for Cheltenham) at Wikipedia
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	James Russell           b. Oct 1797             d. Jan 1875 (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Caroline Lambton           b. Date unknown             d. 2 Oct 1864
  Marriage	Jan 1875  [2]
  Age at Marriage	James was 77 years and 3 months old. Caroline was ?? old. They were married for -11 years and 9 months.
  Family ID	F2269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Philippa Augusta Maria Baillie
  Marriage	1 Sep 1888  [1]
  Age at Marriage	Francis Shirley was 47 years and 9 months old. Philippa Augusta was ?? old. They were married for 23 years and 6 months.
  Children	01. Alexander Duncan Cumming-Russell           b. 30 Nov 1889             d. 4 Apr 1951 (Age 61 years) └─ Mary Evelyn Stanhope Gardner  m. 12 Jun 1916;    └─ Juliet Krwocher  m. 30 Dec 1924   02. Drostan Arthur Cumine Russell           b. 29 Aug 1891             d. Nov 1915, Rhodesia (Age 24 years) + 03. Sidney Cumine Russell           b. 16 Apr 1896             d. 18 Jan 1965 (Age 68 years) └─ Meriel Eleanor Fetherstonhaugh  m. 22 Apr 1922   04. Philippa Caroline Cumine Russell           b. Date unknown             d. 20 Jun 1974 └─ Count Vladimir de Smirnoff  m. 11 Mar 1930   05. Helen Winifred Cumine Russell           b. 10 Jan 1978 (Age 47 years) └─ William Alexander Whitelaw
  Family ID	F2272	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: 107th Edition, Page 41 - Column 1 (Reliability: 3). [S1] Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: 107th Edition, Page 40 - Column 2 (Reliability: 3).