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Russell Ellice

1799–1873

Businessman. Harrow school, 1811–15. BA (Brasenose College), Oxford, 1821; MA, 1824. Lincoln’s Inn, 1822. Director, East India Company, 1832–58. Partner in the banking firm Robarts, Lubbock & Co.

Sources

Alum. Oxon.

Census returns of England and Wales 1841 (Public Record Office HO107/680/24), Harrow School register

Post Office London directory 1868.

Bibliography

Alum. Oxon.: Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1886: … with a record of their degrees. Being the matriculation register of the university. Alphabetically arranged, revised, and annotated by Joseph Foster. 8 vols. London and Oxford: Parker & Co. 1887–91.

Harrow School register: The Harrow School register, 1800–1911. 3d edition. Edited by M. G. Dauglish and P. K. Stephenson. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1911.

Post Office London directory: Post-Office annual directory. … A list of the principal merchants, traders of eminence, &c. in the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent … general and special information relating to the Post Office. Post Office London directory. London: His Majesty’s Postmaster-General [and others]. 1802–1967.

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