Katharine Louisa Russell, Viscountess Amberley, was a British suffragist and an early advocate of birth control in the United Kingdom. A member of the Stanley and Russell families, she was the mother
Amberley in 1860
Albumen print of Lord and Lady Amberley made by William Notman in Montreal in 1867 and currently owned by McCord Museum
Edward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley,, known as The Lord Eddisbury between 1848 and 1850, was a British politician. He served as Postmaster General between 1860 and 1866.
Katharine Russell, Viscountess Amberley
…families, she was the mother of the philosopher Bertrand Russell. Viscountess Amberley was born in Grosvenor Crescent, the eighth child of the politician Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley, and the women's education campaigner Henrietta Stanley, Baroness Stanley of Alderley. Her nine siblings included Rosalind Howard, Countess of Carlisle…
The 2nd Baron of Alderley, c. 1865
Stained glass window at St Mary's Church, Nether Alderley in memory of Lord and Lady Stanley's daughters Margaret Olga, Cecilia, and Mary Ethelfreda Stanley, who died young
Lord Stanley's tomb at St Mary's, with a brass plaque featuring an engraving of his wife and their 12 children