About Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Charlton Park
Lived 1773 – 1839 (aged 66). Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Charlton Park was a physician.
Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Charlton Park (29 May 1773 – 26 September 1839) was a Scottish physician.
Life Born at Edinburgh, he was the 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.
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 at Charlton Park, Gloucestershire at the age of 66.
Family
Sir William Russell, 2nd Baronet (1822–1892), British Army officer, was his son.
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Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Charlton Park was born on 29 May 1773.
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Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Charlton Park died on 26 September 1839.
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