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James RUSSELL [1842-1893]

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Submitted by David on Thu, 2013-05-23 13:26
Names
Given: 
James
Family: 
Russell
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
c.1842-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
c.1893-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

I'm looking for photos / sketches / portraits of him for the CPS project's history book. He started out as a Hong Kong Government Cadet in 1865, before being appointed as Police Magistrate in 1870, replacing Goodlake. He left Hong Kong in 1892, and by then he was Chief Justice and had been knighted [1].

There aren't any results for russell in the photo search at HKPRO. He served with Legco, but they don't have a photo [3]. No relevant results for russell hong kong in the UKNA.

I've only found him in one family tree so far [2].

References:

  1. A summary of his life in the obituary: http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb18930911.2.6.aspx
  2. Date of birth: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/a/c/h/Denis-Acheson/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0078.html
  3. http://app.legco.gov.hk/member_front/english/library/member_detail.aspx?id=463
Tags: 
Chief Justice
Hong Kong Cadet
Police Magistrate
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Submitted by Theo Gibb on Sat, 2018-10-20 18:16.

I am an indirect descendant of James Russell.  We have a lot of information about his time in Hongkong, mainly photographs, newspaper cuttings and artefacts.   I also have details of his family tree.  

I have started by comparing some of our photos with those on here and I've identified some as coming from the Afong studio.

I plan to start adding some of these photos.  I don't think any of the photos include the CPS, they are almost all portraits.

Looking forwrd to collaborating.

Theo

Submitted by annelisec on Mon, 2018-10-22 19:06.

Here is an amusing story ...

https://gwulo.com/node/7145

 

Submitted by David on Tue, 2018-10-23 20:33.

Hello Theo, thanks for getting in touch.

The CPS project is already finished, but I'll still enjoy seeing any information and photos you can share with us.

Regards, David