Hugh McDiarmid Russell (11 February 1873 – 6 May 1948) was a general importer and exporter and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

[1] Windsor was born in Beenleigh to parents George Dick Russell and his wife Mary (née McDiarmid).

He died in May 1948[1] and his funeral proceeded from St Augustine's Church of England, Hamilton to the Mt Thompson Crematorium.

For the last five years of his political career he was the state leader of the United Australia Party.

Russell was President of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce from 1931 until 1933, and a member of the State Stores Board, the Brisbane Tramways Trust, the Hamilton Red Cross Society and the Hamilton Patriotic Association.