Sir Henry Russell, 2nd Baronet

He was the eldest surviving son of Sir Henry Russell, 1st Baronet, and his second wife, Anne Barbara Whitworth (1763–1814).

Russell's career is discussed in some detail in William Dalrymple's 2002 history of British India, White Mughals, where he figures as a gifted but weak diplomat.

[4] In retirement he lived first at Sutton Park in Bedfordshire, then at Southernhay House, an architecturally notable listed building in Exeter.

[7] Together, they were the parents of six children: Sir Henry died at Swallowfield on 19 April 1852,[9] and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, Charles.

After the death of his first wife and before his marriage to his second, Russell had a liaison with a local lady which resulted in the birth of his daughter, who he named Mary Wilson in 1815.

Seal of Henry Russell made out of two parts, with the seal itself having been created in Hyderabad in 1804/5, whereas the clasp was made in the mid-19th century in Europe, probably Britain. Russell received the emerald seal while at Hyderabad. The three-line inscription in nastaliq script reads: Intizam al-Mulk I'timad al-Dawlah Henry Russell Na'ib Jang Bahadur 1219 ('The valiant, the Administrator of the Kingdom, the Pillar of the State, Henry Russell, deputy Commander-in-chief, 1219 [1804–5 AD]')
Portrait of his second wife, Marie Clotilde Mottet de la Fontaine, by Sir Thomas Lawrence