John Russell Greenhill and Elizabeth Noble.
He was the grandson of Elizabeth Russell, who belonged to the Russell of Chequers Court family descended from Oliver Cromwell.
He changed his last name to Greenhill-Russell upon inheriting Chequers from his father in 1815.
He was granted the title Baronet Greenhill-Russell of Chequers Court on 15 September 1831.
Chequers passed into the hands of his kinsman Sir Robert Frankland-Russell, 7th Baronet.