Russell Coat of Arms & Family Crest - Symbols, Bearers, History

Описание: Russell “Family Crest” or Coat of Arms - Russell Family History & Surname
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Blazon: Argent a chevron sable between three cross crosslets fitchee azure a border engrailed gules charged alternately with bezants and escallops or. Crest – A demi lion rampant ermine charged with a fasces proper and bearing in his dexter paw a cross crosslet fitchee sable. This was the coat of arms of the Russell baronets of Swallowfield. The Russell baronetcy, of Swallowfield in the County of Berkshire, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on December 10th 1812 for Sir Henry Russell. He was born in Dover in 1751, the son of Michael Russell and Hannah Henshaw. He was a British lawyer who was made privy Counsellor in 1816 and was the Chief Justice of Bengal. He married Anne Barbara Whitworth and had six sons and five daughters with her. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, also named Henry. Sir Arthur Russel, 6th Baronet was one of the greatest British mineral collectors of the twentieth century. The family was seated at Swallowfield Park, Berkshire, England, which was erected in 1689 and was purchased by Sir Henry Russell in 1820.

Blazon: Argent a lion rampant gules on a chief sable three roses of the first. Crest – A goat argent attired or, murally gorged gold. This was the coat of arms of the Russell baronets of Chippenham. The Russell baronetcy, of Chippenham in the County of Cambridge, was created in the Baronetage of England on 19 January 19th, 1629 for William Russell. He born sometime before 1585, the son of William Russell of Surrey and Joan Sanders. He was a Member of Parliament for New Windsor and was Treasurer of the Navy. He married three times and had nine sons and three daughters. The family was seated at Chippenham Park, which was acquired by the family around the year 1600.

Blazon: Argent a chevron between three goutes reversed sable the whole within a border gyronny of eight in eight divisions or and of the second. Crest – A fountain. This was the coat of arms of the Russell baronets of Chippenham Park. The Russell baronetcy of Charlton Park in the County of Gloucester, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on April 9th, 1832 for William Russell, a Scottish physician born in Edinburgh in 1773, the son of John Russell. He was awarded the baronetcy for the medical services he rendered during the cholera epidemic. His son, the 2nd Baronet, also named William, was a Lieutenant-General who served in the Crimean War and was a Member of Parliament for Dover and Norwich. And here we see a picture of him with his second wife, Jane Eliza Sherwood.

Blazon: Argent a lion rampant gules on a chief three escallops of the first, a crescent for difference. Crest – A goat statant argent armed or. Supporters – Dexter, a lion; sinister, an antelope, both gules and supporting and anchor sable. This was the coat of arms of Admiral Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford. He was born in 1653, the son of the Hon. Edward Russell, and the grandson of the Earl of Bedford. He was a Royal Navy officer who served at the Battle of Solebay during the Third Anglo-Dutch War, and he served as a captain in operations against Barbary pirates in the Medditerranean. Russell was one of the Immortal Seven, a group of English noblemen who issued the Invitation to William, a document asking Prince William of Orange to depose King James II. Based in the Netherlands, he served as Prince William's secretary during the planning of William's invasion of England. He also served as a Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire. He was created Earl of Orford on May 7th, 1697.

Blazon: Argent a lion rampant gules on a chief sable three escallops of the first. Crest – A goat passant argent armed or. Supporters – Dexter, a lion; sinister, an antelope; both gules the latter ducally gorged and lined or, armed and hoofed gold. This was the coat of arms of the Dukes of Bedford. William Russell was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons. He was born in 1616, the son of Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor on February 14th 1689 and created Duke of Bedford and Marquess of Tavistock in 1694. He was created Baron Howland of Streatham in 1695, with remainder to his grandson, Wriothesley Russell. He married Anne Carr, daughter of the Earl of Somerset, and had eleven children with her.

Blazon: Argent a lion rampant gules. This was the coat of arms of the Baron of Killough, in co. Down, who descended from Russell of Kington-Russell, co. Dorset, a cadet of which accompanied Sir John de Courcy to Ireland during reign of King Henry II (1154-1189), and assisted him in the conquest of Ulster, from which they received a grant of the lordships of Killough and Rathmullen. The family descends from Thomas Russell, born c. 1280 AD, father of Jacob