Richard Russell

Richard Russell (26 November 1687 Records indicate that in 1742, he purchased a manor in Ditchling from Thomas Godfrey, John Legas, and Legas' wife, Judith. "Between 1758 and 1760 it passed to Dr. Russell's son William Russell, who assumed his mother's surname of Kempe, and he held it until 1787," after which it was owned by John Ingram, and thence Charles James Ingram.

Russell recommended especially that people try the water near Brighton, It was in a sheltered, marshy area of common land. The red-brick, gabled structure was Brighton's largest house to date, and accommodated both patients and Russell himself. The rear opened directly out to the beach.

Russell was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in February 1752.

Burial Russell was buried at South Malling (St Michael),