Archibald D. Russell

Russell was born on May 28, 1853, in New York City and as a child, lived there and at his parents' summer home in Princeton, New Jersey.

He was a son of Helen Rutherfurd (née Watts) Russell (1815–1906) and Archibald Russell (1811–1871),[2] who was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and became a lawyer after studying law with Sir Patrick Fraser Tytler and emigrated to the United States in 1836.

His wife was widely known for her contributions that allowed for the construction of the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (today known as the Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.[2] His wife died at their home, 34 East 36th Street, on February 11, 1918.

[24][25] Edgerstoune, which cost between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000 to construct, was located across the street from Drumthwacket the estate of his brother-in-law, Moses Taylor Pyne (and currently the official residence of the governor of New Jersey),[26] and directly adjoining the estates of Junius Spencer Morgan, William T. White, and C. B. Lambert.

[27] Through his son Archibald, he was a grandfather of A. Douglas Russell III, Louise Russell (wife of John Evelyn duPont Irving), Isabel Russell (wife of Robert S. Potter) and a great-grandfather of Linda Potter (born January 13, 1956) who married Timothy Shriver, a member of the Kennedy Family through his mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, a younger sister of President John F.

[10] Through his youngest daughter Constance, he was a grandfather of Constance Winant (1921–1978) (wife of Peruvian scientist Carlos Valando);[28] John Gilbert Winant Jr. (1922–1993) (who served as a bomber pilot in World War II and was taken prisoner by the Germans and sent to Colditz, before his removal in April 1945 as one of the Prominente to be used as a bargaining chip by Himmler and the SS as the end of the war approached; he was eventually released);[29] and Rivington Russell Winant (1925–2011)[30] (who also served in World War II and later became treasurer at the United Nations).