A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Russell, Robert
RUSSELL. (Captain, 1836.)
Robert Russell is a relative, we understand, of the Duchess of Cleveland.
This officer entered the Navy 27 Feb, 1820; passed his examination 8 April, 1826; obtained his first commission 30 April, 1827; was appointed, 28 June ensuing, to the Dartmouth 42, Capt. Thos. Fellowes; served under that officer at the battle of Navarin; obtained command, 2 Dec. 1828, of the Wolf sloop, on the Mediterranean station; and was dismissed the service for getting his ship on shore at the back of the Isle of Wight on the night of 10 March, 1830. He was restored, however, about the month of Nov. following; and after having had command, from 27 Dec. 1831 until the close of 1834, of the Victor 18, in the river Douro and on the North America and West India station, was advanced, 9 May, 1836, to Post-rank. On 21 Nov. 1832 he made prize of the Negrito a Spanish vessel from the coast of Africa, bound to Cuba, with a cargo on board of 526 slaves. His last appointment was to the Actaeon 26, the command of which ship he retained, on the Brazil and Cape of Good Hope station, from 14 Aug. 1838 until the summer of 1842.
Capt. Russell married, 27 June, 1834, Hester, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. Stephen Lushington, D.C.L., the eminent civilian. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.