Henry Russell (politician)

Henry Robert Russell (13 January 1817 – 30 April 1891) was a New Zealand runholder and politician.

[3] His membership lapsed on 11 June 1885 after he had been absent for two sessions (he had travelled to England in 1883).

[1][3] He was considered to be the founder of Waipukurau,[4] where he owned the Mount Herbert estate, to the east of the town.

[5] His brother, Thomas Purvis Russell, owned the neighbouring Woburn estate[6] and they also owned runs near the Turanganui River in southern Wairarapa.

[9] Their daughter, Eliza Herbert Russell (24 November 1854 – 13 January 1906),[10][11] married Henry Gainsford, a large land owner at Orini, near Dannevirke, in 1878.