Major-General William Carmichael Russell (1824–1905) was a senior Bengal Artillery officer who served in India.

Born on 11 August 1824, William Carmichael Russell was educated at Bedford School.

He served in India during the First Anglo-Sikh War, 1845–1846, and during the Indian Mutiny, 1857.

During the Indian Mutiny he served under Brigadier James Neill at Allahabad, and was credited by Field Marshal Roberts with saving the Allahabad arsenal from falling into the hands of the mutineers.

[2] Major General William Carmichael Russell retired in March 1878 and died in Shirley, Southampton on 10 February 1905.