Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Russell, 3rd Baronet VC, was a British Conservative politician and soldier. He was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantr
"Westminster" Russell as caricatured by Ape (Carlo Pellegrini) in Vanity Fair, February 1878
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Swallowfield Park is a Grade II* listed stately home and estate in the English county of Berkshire. The house is near the village of Swallowfield, some 4 miles south of the town of Reading.
Sir Charles Russell, 3rd Baronet
…de St Corneille. He was educated at Eton College and entered the Grenadier Guards in 1847. Charles inherited the baronetcy and the family estate of Swallowfield Park in Berkshire in 1852. He became a lieutenant and a captain the following year and accompanied his regiment to the Crimea where he took part in the Siege…
Swallowfield Park house