Sir John Wriothesley Russell GCVO CMG (22 August 1914 – 3 August 1984) was a British diplomat and ambassador.
He was part of the British Embassy in Moscow in 1941 and in 1956, also with a M.A.
degree, after which he was awarded a CMG in the 1958 Birthday Honours.
He was married to Aliki Diplarakou, the first Greek Miss Europe, and had a son, Alexander, and a daughter, Georgiana.
He was interviewed briefly in the famous documentary series The World At War in 1973.