About Ronald Russell
Lived 1904 – 1974 (aged 69). Ronald Russell was a British journalist and politician.
Sir Ronald Stanley Russell FRSA (29 May 1904 – 6 April 1974) was a British journalist, author and Conservative politician.
Early life Russell was born on 29 May 1904, the son of J Stanley Russell of Seahouses, Northumberland. He was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
In 1935, he became a lecturer on the economics of the coal industry.
He became a Member of Parliament on his third attempt in 1950, winning the seat of Wembley South.
Personal life In 1933, Russell married Ena Glendenning Forrester of Middlesbrough, and they had two children,
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British politician (1904-1974)
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Ronald Russell was born on 29 May 1904.
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Ronald Russell died on 6 April 1974.
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Ronald Russell was a journalist and politician.
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