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Alexander James Russell
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'''Alexander James Russell''' [[Writer to the Signet|WS]] [[FRSE]] (1814–1887) was a 19th century Scottish lawyer.
==Life==
He was born at 101 George Street in [[Edinburgh]] on 21 June 1814, the son of [[John Russell (lawyer)|John Russell]] [[FRSE]] [[Writer to the Signet]].<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1814</ref> He was apprenticed to his father as a lawyer and qualified as a Writer too the Signet in 1837.
By 1840 he appears as a Clerk to the Signet (CS) living at 9 Shandwick Place at the west end of [[Princes Street]].<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1840</ref> By 1850 he is in parnership with his father as "J & A J Russell CS".<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1850</ref>
In 1852 he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. His proposer was [[James Thomson Gibson-Craig]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
By 1860 his father had retired and moved to the "south Bank" of Canaan Lane in the [[Morningside, Edinburgh|Morningside]] district.<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1860</ref>
A few years after his father's death he went into business with James Nicolson to create the new firm of Russell & Nicolson at 11 George Street.<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1870</ref> The firm later evolved into Russell & Dunlop.
He died at Shandwick Place in Edinburgh on 8 January 1887. He is buried in [[Dean Cemetery]].<ref>https://ift.tt/2Jw75Ui> The grave lies in one of the southern central sections.
==Family==
He was married twice: firstly in 1839 to Magdalene Stein (1820-1857) and secondly in 1861 to Elizabeth Anne Lancaster (1835-1903), twenty years his junior.
==References==
[[Category:1814 births]]
[[Category:1887 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Scottish lawyers]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Burials at the Dean Cemetery]]
==Life==
He was born at 101 George Street in [[Edinburgh]] on 21 June 1814, the son of [[John Russell (lawyer)|John Russell]] [[FRSE]] [[Writer to the Signet]].<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1814</ref> He was apprenticed to his father as a lawyer and qualified as a Writer too the Signet in 1837.
By 1840 he appears as a Clerk to the Signet (CS) living at 9 Shandwick Place at the west end of [[Princes Street]].<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1840</ref> By 1850 he is in parnership with his father as "J & A J Russell CS".<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1850</ref>
In 1852 he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. His proposer was [[James Thomson Gibson-Craig]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
By 1860 his father had retired and moved to the "south Bank" of Canaan Lane in the [[Morningside, Edinburgh|Morningside]] district.<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1860</ref>
A few years after his father's death he went into business with James Nicolson to create the new firm of Russell & Nicolson at 11 George Street.<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1870</ref> The firm later evolved into Russell & Dunlop.
He died at Shandwick Place in Edinburgh on 8 January 1887. He is buried in [[Dean Cemetery]].<ref>https://ift.tt/2Jw75Ui> The grave lies in one of the southern central sections.
==Family==
He was married twice: firstly in 1839 to Magdalene Stein (1820-1857) and secondly in 1861 to Elizabeth Anne Lancaster (1835-1903), twenty years his junior.
==References==
[[Category:1814 births]]
[[Category:1887 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Scottish lawyers]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Burials at the Dean Cemetery]]
April 27, 2018 at 06:00AM
