Russell Gallery

Sir William Russell at the Battle of Zutphen, 1586, (c1830s). Creator: J Rogers

Sir William Russell at the Battle of Zutphen, 1586, (c1830s). The Battle of Zutphen took place on 22 September 1586, near the village of Warnsveld and the town of Zutphen in Holland, (the Netherlands). It was fought by the forces of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, aided by the English, against the Spanish. English nobleman William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh (died 1613), is possibly the figure with raised arm. Sir Philip Sidney was shot in the thigh during the battle and died of his wounds. [John Tallis & Company, London & New York]

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The Late Lord Russell of Killowen, 1900

The Late Lord Russell of Killowen, 1900. Charles Russell QC MP, British lawyer and politician. Born in Newry, County Down, Russell (1832-1900) became a QC in 1872. Entering politics, he served as Liberal MP for Dundalk (1880-1885) then Hackney South (1885-1894). He was appointed Attorney General in 1886 and held the post again from 1892-1894, and served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 1894-1900. From Black & White Budget, Vol. III. [The Black and White Publishing Company, J P. Monckton, Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, London, 1900]

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Lord William Russell Receiving the Sacrament, 1886. Artist: Robert Anderson

Lord William Russell Receiving the Sacrament, 1886. Lord Russell (1639-1683), English politician, was among the founders of the Whig Party. Russell supported attempts in Parliament to exclude the Roman Catholic James II from succeeding to the throne. He was accused, on trumped-up evidence, of complicity in the Rye House Plot to murder Charles II. He was executed in 1683. After Alexander Johnston (1815-1891). From Illustration of English and Scottish History, Volume I by Thomas Archer. [Blackie & Son, London, Glasgow and Edinburgh, 1886]

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