Russell baronets of Swallowfield (1812)

The Russell baronetcy, of Swallowfield in the County of Berkshire, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 10 December 1812 for Henry Russell.

[1] He was Chief Justice of Bengal and was admitted to the Privy Council in 1816.

The 3rd Baronet represented Berkshire and Westminster in the House of Commons as a Conservative and was also awarded the Victoria Cross.

The 4th Baronet sat as a Conservative Member of Parliament for East Berkshire.

[2] The heir presumptive to the baronetcy is the present baronet's half-brother, Ian Mervyn Russell (born 1956).