Henry II Russell

Henry II Russell was born on May 27th 1783 with Dover (England) and it died on April 19th 1852 with.

British Reside of the autonomous princely State of Hyderâbâd (India), Baronnet.

Its origins

The family of Henry II Russell illustrated itself during the civil war English and installed with Dover (England). Henry Russell (1751-1836), his father, is named supreme judge of the Court of justice of the Bengal. He is made Baronnet on December 10th, 1812, with his return in England. The mother of Henry II is the girl of Sir Charles Whitworth and the sister of, 1st count Whitworth, ambassador from England, in Paris, of the time of Napoleon 1st.

Secretary of British Reside of the autonomous princely State of Hyderâbâd (India)

Henry II Russell is used for the Indies since 1797. He is first of all a young personal secretary and a faithful friend of James Kirkpatrick, the Resident at the court of Hyderâbâd (India). Because of this confidence, James regards it as his right-hand man. This station, Russell takes care of the interests of the woman of James Kirkpatrick, most admirable Khair-un-Nissa (1776-1813), among all , small-niece of the Prime Minister of Hyderâbâd (India) and downward of the Prophet.

British Resident, because of died of James Kirkpatrick (1805)

Little time after its return to the Indies, Russell acts already as a Lord Résident, because of died of his/her friend James Kirkpatrick, and that from October in December 1805. But new British Resident, Thomas Sydenham, arrive and only thinks of destroying the work of its predecessor.

Its first marriage (1808)

The friendship of Russell with Khair is a known secrecy of all, and the new general-in-chief, Barlow, worries some. Henry very quickly becomes the lover of the beautiful princess. It seems that this relation goes back to their stay with Calcutta. Its house belongs to Russell and its immense portrait of this young officer scandalizes the guests.

But, Henry asks his Charles brother to announce in Khair that it Marie with Jane Casamajor (1789 - 1808), on October 20th, 1808 with Madras. Casamajors are a family of Spanish origin. They have files proving that they are descendants of the royal house of Cadiz. Established with Bristol-board and in the colonies, they become rich person traders, growers, or administrators. Alas, the young woman dies of the fevers as of on December 29th, 1808.

on its side is shocked, because it feels all that like a treason and thinks of the suicide.

British Reside of Poona (1809), then of Hyderâbâd (India) (1811)

Henry goes to England and is named British Résident of Poona (1809).

His/her Charles brother is Lord Résident by interim of Hyderâbâd (India) of June 1810 in March 1811.

Then, in March 1811, Henry Russel is named British Résident of the autonomous princely State of Hyderâbâd (India). Khair and its mother turn over to Hyderabad, but he does not seek to re-examine it. However during the summer 1813, Mrs Mary Hood, woman of the admiral Samuel Hood, Hyderabad visit and request to meet some women of Hyderabad of high ranking. Henry Russell, as a Lord Résident, request with Khair-un-Nissa to come to its residence. He has spoken to him for the first time for five years.

But she dies in the months which follow sorrow. The father of British Résident had prohibited his sons from marrying Indians. This attitude will spread among British about 1850.

Russell does nothing but defend in the Indies the British interests. It pushes Nizam to sign treaties where it accepts that the posted British troops with Hyderabad are reinforced. In spite of that, Shums-oul-Oumrah, cousin of Nizam, will make in front of the historian and former officer, Edouard of Warren, a praise of Russell, which was venerated like formerly Bussy and. Henry II Russell marvelously knows their manners and the languages of the Indians. The indigenous upper classeses do not appreciate those which they regard as traitors, who marry with their daughters and convert with the Islamic religion.

Its second marriage (1816)

Henry II Russell is very rich. He will return still young to England with 85.000 books, that is to say more than two franc million of the time.

For the period of its absence in 1816 of its functions of British Resident of the autonomous princely State of Hyderâbâd (India), he Marie in Picardy, with Marie Clotilde Mottet of the Fountain (1793-1872) on November 13rd, 1816 with Compiegne and becomes the son-in-law of Benoît Mottet of the Fountain. Part of the descendants of Benoit Mottet of the Fountain, whose fathers are officers in this army were born with or with.

Russell' S Brigade

Russell' S Bridade is one of the most disciplined units and most qualified of the military history. Its exploits will be worth for example with its cavalry to have the reputation to be the best irregular cavalry in the world. It is the army thus reorganized, without equivalent hitherto in India, which takes part in 1817 and 1818, in the division of the Doveton general, within the army of the Deccan, with the fourth and last war anglo-mahratte, where it is pointed out by its bravery and its effectiveness. Thereafter, the quota of Hyderabad is constantly occupied maintaining the order and repressing a banditism unceasingly reappearing. Manpower Hyderabad Contingent are into 1826 of 50.000 men.

But, the Russell brigade is expensive. The advances are assembled to 240.000 books and in 1819, it borrowed 600.000 books. Russell wants that its men are well paid, framed well, that they have beautiful uniforms, modern weapons and the most beautiful horses. It makes build barracks with bungalows for the officers.

Criticized, Henry Russell gives his resignation, leaves Hyderâbâd (India) and returns directly to England in 1820 with his wife and little boy a one year old.

(1822)

Russell knew to forge an army which still makes the admiration of the military experts. This one takes with dead of his/her father, in 1822, the title of baronnet. It settles with his wife with Swallowfield Park which was arranged by his/her father and it manages his inheritance. They have several children who because of the climate, of the hygiene and the quality of the English medical care live.

The older part of the current house was mainly established by the 2nd count de Clarendon, in 1689-90. Tolman was the controller of work and the king Guillaume III of England, Prince d' Orange (° November 14th 1650 - † March 8th 1702), the architect.

The castle east appears it haunted by the phantom of a royalist riding soldier died during the civil war. Was Clotilde Mottet of the Fountain afraid of the ghosts?

In all the cases like his/her German cousin, Agathe de Rambaud, which raised the Dolphin of its birth of its birth on March 27th, 1785 at August 10th, 1792, it is sour that which one called Charles-Guillaume Naundorff, is the duke of Normandy, Louis XVII. It in vain tries to convince the general Arthur Wellesley de Wellington. This last writing even with Sir Henry Russell de Swallowfield a letter in which he asks him explanations: the duke received a letter insolente of the person who is made call the duke of Normandy . In this mail with his/her friend Russell, about his castle of Walmer, on September 20th, 1839, during two pages complains that the letter about the attitude of his wife. He regrets that which is made call the duke of Normandy , is with the current of a conversation supposed between Mrs Russell and itself. He adds: I did not take any note of the letter. What lets suppose that this mail was destroyed immediately, because Arthur Wellesley de Wellington judge certainly compromising to preserve a mail of Naundorff.

the duchess of Berry, which meets his/her German cousin from time to time Agathe de Rambaud with Montfort-l' Amaury, receives it in London, but it is especially question of the brother of its sister-in-law, Elisabeth of Warren, who wants to be an officer in the English army of the Indies.

The misery of the peasants

But, Henry Russell becomes judge and does not worry only about misfortunes of that which his wife thinks of being Louis XVII, but also of the misery of the peasants. November 5th, 1833, it draws up a list of fifteen household heads of its parish who require helps. He explains to the recipients of the letter which contains this list which these men cannot survive with the only assistances of the rich parishioners. Almost each worker of the parish appears there, except the servants of the castles. It however acts, according to him, courageous men.

On 390 inhabitants, fifteen sometimes many families cannot buy bread. Admittedly, Henry Russell, magistrate of Swallowfield, observe a great proportion of houses disgusting and miserable in their aspect. The certain poor have large kitchen gardens and raise pigs, while others are saoulent and preaches the revolution. These the taxpayers cannot help them.

During the riots of the hunger, there is no fire, no riot, no letter threatening in its parish. That is partly with the fact that the baronnet and his wife, Clotilde Mottet of the Fountain, give part of their incomes to the poor and act so that the poor are helped.

An intellectual, friend of several intellectuals

Clotilde Mottet-Russell and live to him in a splendid property, very appreciated Charles Dickens, of Wilkie Collins, William Makepeace Thackeray, Charles Kingsley and Mary Russell Mitford.

The park of 10 ha extends extends to banks from the river. Wilkie Collins is 14 years old when it meets for the first Henry time and his wife, Clotilde Mottet of the Fountain and their oldest son in January 1838. Russell join the family of Wilkie Collins for a visit of Pompéi and Amalfi together.

Henry II russell makes also etymological research on the old languages, in particular former Hebrew, the Castilian… He complains in a letter in a friend, William Talbot, dating of June 4th, 1847, that his/her Anne daughter, who recopies her texts with old penmanships, is still a little inexperienced. It is true that it suffers from crises of paralysis and a serious ocular affection and can thus write with difficulty.

Sir Henry Russell is still in life when Mary Russell Mitford settles with, but it is already very sick. A crisis throws into a panic this very sensitive writer.

Its death (1852)

After the death of his/her husband, on April 19th, 1852, Clotilde Mottet of the Fountain becomes the friend of Mary Russell Mitford and it is occupied like a mother of this poor fragile being.

Clotilde dies at 78 years, in the middle of his, which will marry with members of the highest British aristocracy. Henry died twenty before his wife. Charles Kingsley writes in various mails that it lost several neighbors and friends this winter there, of which its most interesting neighbor and his best friend . And he adds: Sir Henry Russell is the worthy successor of the prince Clarendon .

Henry Russell had continued to carry out his business until his last sigh and to defend the interests of poor, girl of his former Indian mistress and James Kirkpatrick. He asks for a banking friend anglo-Indian of dismantle his modest account of the Binny bank of Madras to financially help the grandmother of the princess who lived in misery.

Its descent

Henry II Russell is the father of Charles Russell de Swallowfield and of George Russell de Swallowfield

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