Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Hamilton Russell (1812–1900) was a British Army officer.
He served in New Zealand from 1845, and as Captain of the 58th and "Superintendent, Military Roads" was responsible for construction of the Old Porirua Road north from Wellington, where a steep section north of Johnsonville was known as "Russell's Folly".
He then settled as a farmer on Mangakuri (sheep) Station in Hawke's Bay.
[1] His elder son, again named Andrew Hamilton Russell, was the father of Major-General Sir Andrew Hamilton Russell, who commanded the New Zealand Division during the First World War.
[2] His younger son William Russell was a prominent politician and Leader of the Opposition.