Lord Charles James Fox Russell (10 February 1807 – 29 June 1894), was a British soldier and Whig politician.

Russell was the third son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, by his second wife Lady Georgiana, daughter of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon.

[2] Russell was a Lieutenant-Colonel in both the 52nd Regiment and the Royal Horse Guards.

[1] Russell married Isabella Clarissa, daughter of William Griffith Davies, in 1834.

Russell survived her by ten years and died in June 1894, aged 87.