tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39923956708902489702024-03-14T06:43:44.073+00:00James Cholmeley RussellBiography of James Cholmeley Russell (1841-1912), the barrister, financier, property developer and railway entrepreneur. He was a key shareholder of the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways company from which the Welsh Highland Railway Company ultimately emerged.
Regularly updated and revised as more information comes to light. NickBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297226270045478392noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992395670890248970.post-2337188456703680322018-12-12T10:51:00.001+00:002018-12-12T10:51:49.555+00:00<div abp="1564" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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NickBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297226270045478392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992395670890248970.post-87567591220194764742017-11-22T22:23:00.004+00:002017-11-28T17:24:07.300+00:00 J C Russell's Steam Yachts<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QhRziOBM5rg/WhX4hqRu7NI/AAAAAAAABHg/skWBpmM_CAA7PuFzOihq6cCcvMMBvHyIQCLcBGAs/s1600/Clanranald%2Bper%2BMichie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1194" data-original-width="1600" height="297" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QhRziOBM5rg/WhX4hqRu7NI/AAAAAAAABHg/skWBpmM_CAA7PuFzOihq6cCcvMMBvHyIQCLcBGAs/s400/Clanranald%2Bper%2BMichie.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Russell appears to have owned at least two if not three steam yachts at one time and another. Royal Highland Yacht Club records show him as visiting with a 37 ton steamer called RONA between 1906 and 1909. However the website </span><a href="http://www.clydeships.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Clydeships</span></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> shows RONA registered to Russell from 1910 onwards, finally being disposed of by his widow in 1915.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.clydeships.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Clydeships</span></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> also shows Russell as the owner of MADGE formerly CLANRANALD and originally <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">i</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ntended
for service on Loch Shiel</span>. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">However, her draught</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">was too deep and she was sold in 1902 and used as a yacht. MADGE was</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">renamed</span> </span>HINBA in 1914 and lost off the Gold Coast (now Ghana) in 1924.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lloyd’s Yacht Register indicates that Russell also owned another steam yacht,
the GRYFFIN.</span></span> </span></div>
NickBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297226270045478392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992395670890248970.post-79228034115531596252017-02-01T14:07:00.001+00:002017-11-22T21:56:33.449+00:00Ghosts of Aberglaslyn<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">‘Ghosts of Aberglaslyn’ tells the amazing
story of an electric railway project in North Wales that was never completed,
involving a predecessor of the Rosyth based electrical engineering company
Parsons Peebles, the inventor of Beechams Pills and father of the famous
orchestra conductor, Sir Thomas Beecham, a Hungarian locomotive builder and the
great great grandfather of Tara Palmer Tomkinson, the English socialite,
"it girl", television presenter, model and charity patron. The book explains how James Cholmeley Russell, the Chairman and Receiver of the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Company played an instrumental role in causing the project to fail.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Some of
the line was constructed between 1901 and 1909, but it never opened and the
track bed eventually became part of the Welsh Highland Railway. The heady and
fascinating story of political manoeuvrings, dashed hopes, obstructionism and technology
is the subject of a new book, ‘Ghosts of Aberglaslyn’ - the
brief life of the Portmadoc, Beddgelert and South Snowdon Railway by John
Manners and Michael Bishop. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If the
aspirations of the promoters of the Portmadoc, Beddgelert & South Snowdon
Railway (PBSSR) had been realised, electric trains might now be carrying
passengers between Porthmadog and Caernarfon in North Wales<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="line-height: 150%;">In the
book, John Manners examines the design, technology and building of the PBSSR
and plans for electrifying the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways line from Rhyd
Ddu to Dinas, near Caernarfon. This is set within the story told by Michael
Bishop of the companies that were involved, including how some six electric
locomotives were built by Bruce Peebles & Co Ltd but none delivered and how
a power station was constructed that still generates electricity today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The legacy includes the Leeds built steam
locomotive "Russell" - named after James Cholmeley Russell and the unused bridge by the Goat Hotel at Beddgelert
and nearby bridge abutments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">The book comprises some 120 pages of text and a
rich collection of photographs, including several published for the first time.
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</span><span style="line-height: 150%;">‘Ghosts
of Aberglaslyn’ is available direct from the publisher, the <a href="http://www.welshhighlandheritage.co.uk/sales.html" target="_blank">Welsh Highland Railway Heritage Group</a> at
for £18 post paid in the UK or via your local bookshop quoting:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ISBN number
978-0-9930821-4-6<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><strong>The
Portmadoc, Beddgelert and South Snowdon Railway</strong> (PBSSR) was a 1 ft 11 1⁄2 in
(597 mm) narrow gauge railway intended to connect Porthmadog with the North
Wales Narrow Gauge Railways link terminus at Rhyd Ddu. Although some of the
line was constructed between 1901 and 1906, it never opened and eventually
became part of the Welsh Highland Railway, that now runs from Caernarfon to
Porthmadog where it connects with the famous Ffestiniog Railway.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">James Tomkinson PC (1840 – 10 Apr 1910</span></b><span style="line-height: 150%;">) was an
English landowner and Liberal politician and a director of the North Wales
Power & Electric Traction Co. Ltd that built a power station originally intended
to provide electricity to the Portmadoc, Beddgelert and South Snowdon Railway.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;">Born in
1840, Tomkinson lived at Willington Hall, Chester, He was the son of Battle of Waterloo
veteran Lieutenant-general William Tomkinson and Susan, daughter of Thomas
Tarleton of Bolesworth Castle, Cheshire. </span><span style="line-height: 150%;">He was a
High Sheriff of Cheshire, unsuccessfully contested Nuneaton for the Liberals
but at the 1900 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament for <st1:place w:st="on">Crewe</st1:place>, holding the seat until his death in April 1910. He
was appointed a deputy lieutenant of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cheshire</st1:place></st1:city>,
became Second Church Estates Commissioner and was <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a member of the Privy Council.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">In 1871
Tomkinson married Emily Frances Palmer, a daughter of Sir George Palmer, 3rd
Baronet. </span><span style="line-height: 150%;">Tomkinson
died on 10 April 1910 from injuries sustained in a fall while participating in
the House of Commons Steeplechase.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Descendants<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
<span style="line-height: 150%;">Charles
William Tomkinson (1877–1939); James Edward Tomkinson, later Palmer-Tomkinson
(1879–1961); James Algernon Palmer-Tomkinson (1915-1952) ;Charles
Palmer-Tomkinson (born 1940); James Palmer-Tomkinson; Santa Palmer-Tomkinson,
now Santa Montefiore (born 1970); Tara
Palmer-Tomkinson (1971-2017)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- great
great grandaughter of James Tomkinson<o:p></o:p></span><br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />NickBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297226270045478392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992395670890248970.post-82603709191680065982016-08-15T12:24:00.000+01:002016-08-15T12:24:52.924+01:00Evelyn Mary Gordon Pangman 1926 - 2016<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Evelyn Pangman who died on April 12, 2016, in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region> aged 90 was
the younger daughter of Sydney and Margaret Saunders. Margaret, was the only
child of James Cholmeley Russell and his wife Eleanor. She married Sidney
Saunders in 1919 and their first daughter Elizabeth, always known as Betty, was
born in 1922, she died a spinster in 1998. Evelyn was born in 1926 and grew up
in <st1:place w:st="on">Surrey</st1:place>, never knowing her father, who had
died before she was born. Towards the
end of the Second World War Evelyn met and married Peter Pangman a Canadian Navy
Officer stationed in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">England</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
They subsequently moved to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
Peter died in the 1990s.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Evelyn had recently enjoyed her 90th birthday and is happily
remembered by son Michael, daughter Wendy, five grandchildren and six great
grandchildren. </span></div>
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</span></span></span><br />NickBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297226270045478392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992395670890248970.post-41657577591187702432015-06-25T14:05:00.000+01:002015-06-25T14:05:27.269+01:00Exploring Surrey's Past <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">JCR now features on the Exploring Surrey's Past website </span><a href="http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/themes/people/industrialists/russell/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here</span></a><br />
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NickBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297226270045478392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992395670890248970.post-77355403038351466022015-03-01T13:50:00.002+00:002016-08-15T12:30:53.357+01:00Russell at Oxford<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Until now the only known
photographs of James Cholmeley Russell were those in the</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J4VPDAm6NI0/VPMXfHDXgZI/AAAAAAAABCQ/NdiA0R10f8Q/s1600/2014-10-17%2B11.25.37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J4VPDAm6NI0/VPMXfHDXgZI/AAAAAAAABCQ/NdiA0R10f8Q/s1600/2014-10-17%2B11.25.37.jpg" title="James Cholmeley Russell " width="217" /></span></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> possession of the late Evelyn
Pangman (1926-2016), his grand daughter and these largely dated from the last ten years or
so of his life. However, we now have one of when Russell was a young
undergraduate, thanks to one Alfred Earle and Dr. Robin Darwall-Smith the
archivist of <st1:placename w:st="on">Magdalene</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype>, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oxford</st1:place></st1:city>.
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Dr. Darwall-Smith has recently been
making the College’s archives catalogue available on the Internet with the
express objective of helping researchers and generally making the College’s
archives more publicly accessible. This excellent policy resulted in the
Group’s chairman <st1:personname w:st="on">Nick Booker</st1:personname>,
visiting the archive one Friday morning in October 2014 to look though the
Photograph Album of Alfred Earle that is in the archives. Mr Earle matriculated
from Magdalen in 1859 and took his BA in 1865 and his MA in 1866. He was thus a
contemporary of Russell who left <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Harrow</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> at Christmas 1859
going up to Magdalene and matriculating the following year, graduating in 1864.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The large bound album is a personal
photographic collection of local scenes and buildings including pubs (!) but
more particularly of many of Earle’s fellow students including photographic
studio portraits, group photographs taken around the College, the Oxford
University Volunteer Force on parade with their uniforms and rifles and at camp
in Wimbledon and views around <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Oxford</st1:city></st1:place>
and locally. Interestingly there are several photographs devoted to the Prince
of Wales and his entourage, later King Edward VII, who was at Magdalen from
October 1859 to the summer of 1860; so Russell may have met the future King. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The photograph of Russell shown
here is believed to have taken around this time. Dr Darvill - Smith commented
that it was then the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>practice for
undergraduates to have a number of photographs taken of themselves, which would
then be passed round in exchange for one from the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>recipient, a sort of analogue Facebook!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What is remarkable about this album
is that is that it was assembled some twenty years before George Eastman of
Kodak fame developed roll film, in 1884, to replace the photographic plates and
toxic chemicals that the photographer had to carry around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Nick Booker extends his thanks to
Dr Darwall- Smith and his Archives Assistant Mr Ben Taylor for their help and
co-operation. The photographs of Russell and the College are reproduced courtesy of the President
of Magdalen College.</span> </span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yRq8_zkk2og/VPMYXQ8QY3I/AAAAAAAABCY/qVhK4fY0Zrc/s1600/Magdalen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="James Cholmeley Russell" border="0" height="211" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yRq8_zkk2og/VPMYXQ8QY3I/AAAAAAAABCY/qVhK4fY0Zrc/s1600/Magdalen.jpg" title="Magdalen in the mid 19th Century" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
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NickBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297226270045478392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992395670890248970.post-60507269158726530992014-08-21T10:12:00.002+01:002014-08-21T10:12:19.383+01:00JCR Life & Times Talk<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A talk by the blog's author is now available on the life and times of Russell. For details see the page 'Talk on JCR' </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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NickBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297226270045478392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992395670890248970.post-16944789106953946382014-08-14T18:46:00.002+01:002014-08-14T22:23:45.782+01:00Bridge House AldershotA recent find on the web concerning Russell's property activities is a site describing the history of a private house - <a href="http://bridgehousealdershot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Bridge House Aldershot</a> where <span style="font-family: inherit;">Frederick Eggar sold the land to Russell in 1877 ;he subsequently then sold it to </span>Susan Sumpster in 1905. This is close to Manor Farm. Russell's will refers to his property development interests, <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: inherit;">the Aldershot Lodge Estate and other property in the area, including the Manor Estates.</span> <o:p></o:p></span>NickBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297226270045478392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992395670890248970.post-305859751022483612014-06-15T19:39:00.001+01:002016-08-15T12:33:47.696+01:00Russell's trophies <span style="font-family: inherit;">James Cholmeley Russell competed in both rowing and shooting competitions in the early part of his life and this is illustrated by the trophies he won. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Russell was at Harrow School from Easter 1855 to Christmas 1859. Here on the 7th April 1859 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">he won a prize for either shooting or archery,note the arrows on the coat of arms. The motto on the tankard (see picture) reads 'Stet Fortuna Domus' -<span style="color: #545454; font-family: "times new roman";"> Let the Fortune of the House Stand - the motto of Harrow School.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="color: #545454; font-family: "times new roman";"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">In 1860 Russell went up to </span><st1:placename w:st="on"><span style="color: black;">Magdalene</span></st1:placename><span style="color: black;"> </span><st1:placetype w:st="on"><span style="color: black;">College</span></st1:placetype><span style="color: black;">, </span><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="color: black;">Oxford</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="color: black;">
as a Commoner. Here he remained until June 1864, graduating with a BA, 3</span><span style="font-size: small;"><sup><span style="color: black;">rd</span></sup><span style="color: black;">
class Moderations and 2</span><sup><span style="color: black;">nd</span></sup><span style="color: black;"> class in Law and Modern History. Whilst at <st1:placename w:st="on"><span style="color: black;">Magdalene</span></st1:placename><span style="color: black;"> he was a member of the Rifle Club and in 1863 won third prize in the Rifle Challenge Cup competition. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Russell was also a rower and following graduation he subsequently competed in the <st1:placename w:st="on"><span style="color: black;">Magdalene</span></st1:placename><span style="color: black;"> </span><st1:placetype w:st="on"><span style="color: black;">College 'Scratch Fours Competition in 1868.</span></st1:placetype></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">As a barrister, Russell joined the 23rd Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps and while a Sergeant won the Handicap Prize Third </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;">Class in 1876. He was later commissioned as a Sub-Lieutenant and was subsequently promoted to Lieutenant in 1877. The motto on the trophy reads <span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Salus populi suprema lex esto ‘The health of the people should be the supreme law’<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="st1"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br />
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</span> </span>NickBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297226270045478392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992395670890248970.post-4408757973102838502013-05-27T11:35:00.001+01:002014-08-14T18:40:56.345+01:00Russell's London Railway Promotion<div style="text-align: justify;">
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In 1892, Russell was involved in promoting a railway in London, between Royal Exchange and Waterloo. </div>
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An article in The Electrical Engineer of January I, 1892 titled, <strong>New Electric Railways For London</strong> described a number of proposals introducing them as follows:<br />
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‘The comparative success of the existing electric railway in London has evidently given an impetus to the movement for providing still further means of locomotion of a similar kind. For consideration during the forthcoming session of Parliament there are no fewer than five Bills which propose either the construction of new electric railways or the extension of lines already authorised.’ <br />
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The full article is <a href="http://www.archive.org/stream/electricalengin07unkngoog/electricalengin07unkngoog_djvu.txt" target="_blank">here</a> . Among the schemes it describes are: <br />
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<strong>Great Northern and City Railway</strong></div>
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A proposal for the incorporation of a new company with powers to construct a line of railway from the Canonbury branch of the Great Northern line near Finsbury Park to the City.<br />
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<strong>Islington and</strong> t<strong>he City</strong><br />
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The City and South London Railway Company, a Bill repeating their proposal of 1891 for the construction of a line extending their system to The Angel, at Islington.<br />
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<strong>Central London Railway</strong><br />
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A proposal to extend their powers by the making of a line from under Mansion House Street, near the junction with Queen Victoria Street, to the Liverpool Street Station of the Great Eastern Railway Company.<br />
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<strong>Baker Street and Waterloo </strong><br />
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There are no less than three new railways projected from and to Waterloo, one of which is an underground railway to be worked by electricity.<br />
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<strong>Royal Exchange and Waterloo</strong> </div>
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‘In addition to the intended Waterloo and City Electric Railway, it was also proposed to extend the London and South Western and London, Brighton, and South Coast Railways to a terminus in the City, for which purpose it is sought to incorporate a new company, consisting, among others, of the Hon. F. S. A. Hanbury-Tracy, Major John Eustace Jameson, Mr. Campbell Praed, and <strong>Mr. James Cholmeley Russell</strong>, with a capital of £2,700,000, divided into 270,000 £10 shares. <br />
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'Junctions would be formed with the main, Windsor, and other lines of the London and South-Western Company at Waterloo Station, and with the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway in the parish of St. John, Horseleydown, where it crosses Bermondsey Street by means of a bridge; and the new lines would run by way of Southwark Street to a point in the City close to the junction of Crooked Lane with Arthur Street, crossing the Thames by means of a bridge, in connection with which a free public footway would be constructed. Three years is the time fixed for the compulsory acquirement of land, and five years for the completion of the works. It is also sought to enter into working agreements with the London and South Western and the London, Brighton, and South Coast Companies, and to pay interest out of capital during construction.'</div>
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James Szlumper was to have been the engineer. The line was never constructed<br />
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The Engineer magazine of 4th December 1892 illustrated the proposals as follows:<br />
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The magazine commented as follows:<br />
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'So much interest attaches to the projects for railways from <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Waterloo</st1:place></st1:city> to the City that
we publish above small map of the over head railway project which will come
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'This project must be distinguished
from the proposed tunnel from Waterloo to near the mansion House, which has the
objection that the passengers will have to be taken down to the proposed deep
tunnel by a lift from Waterloo station and thence under the River Thames; and when
the Mansion is reached another lift will be required to take the passengers up
to the surface. Besides the unpleasantness of travelling in a tunnel, the
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'The other scheme,
of which we give a route map, is called the <strong>Royal Exchange and Waterloo
Railway.</strong> It will have four lines of rails, and has the distinct advantage of
being above ground. Mr J W Szlumper MInst.C.E is the engineer of the scheme and
proposes to construct a continuous and unbroken line of railway <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>from Waterloo Station to the City, so that the
London and South Western Company’s engines and carriages would after calling at
Waterloo, proceed direct to the City above ground for the whole distance. It
will be seen from the map that the scheme also contemplates a line from London
Bridge Station of the Brighton Company to the City, a most important facility. Another
feature in this scheme is the construction of a free public footway over a new
bridge proposed to be erected across the Thames, and which it would it is
believed considerably relieve <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">London</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Bridge</st1:placetype></st1:place> of the enormous
foot traffic passing over it. Another, and very important advantage of this scheme
is that independent of the pleasantness of travelling above ground, passengers would
reach their destination in less time than it
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In the metropolitan re-organisation of 1855 it was grouped into the St Olave District. The civil parish became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey in 1900 when the St Olave District was abolished, and in 1904 Southwark St John Horsleydown was absorbed into the Bermondsey parish. Since 1965 it has formed part of the London Borough of Southwark (Wikipedia)</div>
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In addition to Russell, the promoters were the following gentlemen:<br />
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<strong>F. S. A. Hanbury-Tracy</strong> was the Hon. Frederick Stephen Archibald Hanbury-Tracy (1848 - 1906), a younger son of Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley, and his wife Emma Elizabeth Alicia, daughter of George Hay Dawkins Pennant. Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron Sudeley, was his elder brother. He succeeded the latter as Member of Parliament for Montgomery in 1877, a seat he held until 1885, and again from 1886 to 1892.<br />
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Hanbury Tracy lived at 116 Queens Gate, South Kensington, Russell living at 86 Queen’s Gate for several years in the 1880s and 1890s</div>
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<strong>Major John Eustace Jameson</strong> (1853-1919 was a politician, businessman and Army officer. He was the MP for West Clare and at one time was a factory inspector. He was the subject of both a photographic portrait now in the National Portrait Gallery collection and a Spy cartoon <a href="http://tinyurl.com/q25dqrt" target="_blank">‘The Major from Clare’</a></div>
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<strong>Campbell Praed</strong> was Arthur Campbell Bulkley Mackworth-Praed (1846–1901), the husband of the Australian novelist, Rosa Campbell Praed. He was a member of an English banking and brewing family. For more on the Campbell Praed brewing family see <a href="http://tinyurl.com/q9odgy7" target="_blank">The Brewing Industry: A Guide to Historical Records edited by L. M. Richmond, Alison Turton<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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NickBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297226270045478392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992395670890248970.post-28161218184556121362013-04-28T12:12:00.000+01:002014-08-14T18:42:00.578+01:00Welsh Highland Railway Heritage GroupThe Welsh Highland Railway Heritage Group has now published their excellent newsletters online and the article on JCR from September 2004 can be found <a href="http://www.welshhighlandheritage.co.uk/journalfiles/WHH%20No%2025.pdf" target="_blank">here as a pdf</a> . Since then of course a great deal more information has been uncovered about James Cholmeley Russell.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/boxbrownie3/7856952792/" title="JCR now and then"><img alt="JCR now and then by Boxbrownie3" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7254/7856952792_4db39e8c46.jpg" /></a><br />
<span style="margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/boxbrownie3/7856952792/">JCR now and then</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/boxbrownie3/">Boxbrownie3</a> on Flickr.</span></div>
James Cholmeley Russell died 100 years ago - 29th August 1912 at Haslemere. He lies with his wife Eleanor Russell and next to his mother in law Catherine Elizabeth Broome. Upper picture shows flowers on JCR's grave placed there in memory of him and his wife on 29th August 2012 by the bloggerNickBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297226270045478392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992395670890248970.post-74638472769795573162012-05-22T22:26:00.002+01:002013-05-12T12:30:20.938+01:00Longdene House Haslemere - more information<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The previous owner of Longdene House was the Rev W
E Jackson and it was offered for sale in 1906 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with J Cholmeley Russell Esq purchasing it on
the 15th March.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In March 1912 the house was offered for sale by
auction, several months before JCR died in the August but the property was
still for sale in October by his widow Mrs Cholmeley Russell. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The property was finally sold in September 1920. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In 1915 the property consisted of:</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4 Reception Rooms</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Billiard Room</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 2 Bathrooms</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Stabling for 3 horses</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Garage for 2 cars</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Main drainage</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Stone Built Residence</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Private water supply</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Gas throughout</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Gardener’s Cottage</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Laundry</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> About 5 acres pleasure grounds. Tennis and croquet Lawns</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Kitchen garden</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Total area of the estate
including Sturt Farm was 55 3/4 acres.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The sale particulars said
that it would be sold in 2 Lots, the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>House and Grounds etc of 36 acres 2 Roods 27 poles
and & Sturt Farm with 18 acres 1
Rood 33 poles</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Longdene Road</span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">
was one of the first roads to be developed up on the south of Haslemere because
the water supply which gravity-fed the town was piped/pumped up there in the
very late 1800s from the Pile Well in <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Lower
Street</st1:address></st1:street>.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source: Curator: Julia Tanner <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- <a href="http://www.haslemeremuseum.co.uk/" target="_blank">Haslemere Museum</a> and <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">the ledgers of Haslemere </span>estate agents
- Cubitt and West.<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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NickBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297226270045478392noreply@blogger.com0Haslemere, Surrey, UK51.090856 -0.71337351.0709095 -0.752855 51.110802500000005 -0.673891tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992395670890248970.post-366594172759929922012-05-07T10:22:00.003+01:002013-07-25T22:22:25.351+01:00A modern view of Russell's grave at St John's Merrow<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_64/7145904649/" title="James Cholmeley Russell Q.C by John(cardwellpix), on Flickr"><img alt="James Cholmeley Russell Q.C" height="500" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5032/7145904649_1047fb384f.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Copyright John(cardwellpix) at Flickr</span>NickBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297226270045478392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992395670890248970.post-91812281467979848622012-04-29T13:10:00.003+01:002013-03-23T15:36:09.348+00:0040 Russell Square Bloomsbury<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">40 Russell Square Bloomsbury London</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">James Cholmeley Russell was born here at 40 Russell Square Bloomsbury in 1841. The terrace, in the south east corner, is now occupied by offices of the British Museum and at some stage in the past No. 40 has been subsumed into numbers 39 and 41. The location of the former front door can be identified by the fan of stone blocks over the curved window in the middle of the photograph. See photograph below<br /><br /> <br /><br />For a view of the terrace and number 40 in 1956 and in the process of being re-built see the London County Council Photograph Library at <a href="http://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/collage/app;jsessionid=D65567FEF0D05D83E25D3468FEF051F3?service=external/Item&sp=Z74422&sp=76696&sp=X" target="_blank">collage.cityof london</a> and below </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">40 Russell Square in 1956 © City of London</td></tr>
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NickBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297226270045478392noreply@blogger.com0Russell Square, London Borough of Camden, London WC1B, UK51.521068100000008 -0.1252624999999625351.518598100000006 -0.13030499999996253 51.52353810000001 -0.12021999999996252tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992395670890248970.post-29817814537410286822012-03-20T14:54:00.002+00:002012-04-12T17:09:33.489+01:00Russell's restoration in sight<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russell at Dinas with Gowrie in NWNGR days <br />
copyright K A C R Nunn</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The restoration of Russell, the Hunslet built 106 year old narrow gauge
steam locomotive is now in sight. Originally built for the abortive Portmadoc
Beddgelert & South Snowdon Railway it was then acquired by North Wales Narrow
Gauge Railways that ultimately became the Welsh Highland Railway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The locomotive's owners the Welsh Highland Railway Ltd announced on Saturday 17th March that the
proposal put forward by Alan Keef Engineering Ltd to complete the
overhaul andrestoration of the locomotive had been accepted and the contract awarded to them. Discussions will now take place with Keef’s in order to
transfer the locomotive to their works at Ross-on-Wye as soon as is convenient
in order for work to commence as soon as possible. Funds are still required to ensure completion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Russell Fundraising Appeal <a href="http://www.whr.co.uk/appeals/russell-rebuild" target="_blank">here</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alan Keef Ltd web site </span><a href="http://www.alankeef.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here</span></a><br />
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</div>NickBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297226270045478392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992395670890248970.post-76586261275912220292012-03-18T14:39:00.001+00:002012-03-19T10:46:12.835+00:00James Cholmeley Russell (1841 – 1912)<div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/boxbrownie3/6846736242/" title="James Cholmeley Russell (1841 – 1912)"><img alt="James Cholmeley Russell (1841 – 1912) by Boxbrownie3" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7049/6846736242_782fb996fc.jpg" /></a><br />
<span style="margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/boxbrownie3/6846736242/">James Cholmeley Russell (1841 – 1912)</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/boxbrownie3/">Boxbrownie3</a> on Flickr.</span></div>
Russell's grave at St John's Merrow in Surrey. he lies alongside his mother in lawNickBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297226270045478392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992395670890248970.post-2123278967348813862011-11-25T16:54:00.000+00:002011-11-25T16:54:58.651+00:00Constance - Mrs Oscar Wilde and friend of Lucy Russell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dsY6deilkBw/Ts_IRXskzoI/AAAAAAAAAgg/5FQnd-k4zmk/s1600/moyle_constance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dsY6deilkBw/Ts_IRXskzoI/AAAAAAAAAgg/5FQnd-k4zmk/s320/moyle_constance.jpg" width="219" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">James Cholmeley Russell pops up briefly in ‘Constance: The Tragic and Scandalous Life of Mrs Oscar Wilde’ the new biography by Franny Moyle. One of his sisters – Lucy – was a college friend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Constance and Oscar Wilde were part of a circle whose outrageous behaviour shook the foundations of nineteenth-century society. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Constance is the extraordinary account of their marriage played out under public scrutiny, which crashed and burned as only a celebrity marriage can.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Franny Moyle has radically rewriten accepted opinion about the Wildes from both a personal and a literary perspective. Drawing on Constance’s numerous unpublished letters, she uncovers key revelations about a woman who was the victim of one of the greatest betrayals of all time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Constance: The Tragic and Scandalous Life of Mrs Oscar Wilde - published in June 2011 by John Murray</span>NickBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297226270045478392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992395670890248970.post-45267032075268393682011-08-07T17:22:00.003+01:002011-08-28T11:30:57.967+01:00Russell's illnessMike Bishop the intrepid researcher on all things North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways/Welsh Highland Railway has found in the National Archives, Gowrie Aitchison's offer to the High Court, Chancery Division to become Receiver and General Manager of the NWNGR Company following Russell's death in 1912.<br />
Paragraph 2 says he has been Secretary and Traffic Manager from March 1898 to September 1910, then only Secretary, <strong>"and during the illness and incapacity of the late Mr Russell which extended over 6 or 7 years I have done most of the work for him only troubling him when absolutely necessary."</strong><br />
So as has been suspected, Russell was ill as far back as the time when he was negotiating with North Wales Power & Traction Co. Ltd in 1906 over the electrification of the Portmadoc, Beddgelert and South Snowdon Railway. See the background <a href="http://www.festipedia.org.uk/wiki/PBSSR">here</a><br />
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The literature on illness and its impact upon decision making is mostly focused on politicians rather than businessmen. David Owen wrote 'In Sickness and in Power' in 2008 ISBN 978-0413-776624 where he also touches on his more recent themes of how hubris gets in the way of rational thinking. An earlier book from 1993 is 'When Illness Strikes the Leader - the dilemma of the captive king' by Jerrold M Post and Robert S Robins ISBN 0-300-05683-4. This is some ways is a better and more rounded book than Owen's and he in fact makes no mention of it at all! Both books underline the role that illness has had on world events and how quite understandably wrong or misjudged decisions can be made whether you are physically and/or mentally ill. <br />
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The modern history of the Regiment begins in 1859 with the formation of the 23rd Middlesex (Inns of Court) Rifle Volunteer Corps; it became the 14th Middlesex in 1889. The Regiment was attached, in its later years, to the Rifle Brigade and also formed part of the 2nd London Volunteer Brigade and the "Grey Brigade". See more <a href="http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=15900&inst_id=118&nv1=search&nv2=">here</a> and <a href="http://www.iccy.org.uk/overview.htm">here</a>NickBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297226270045478392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992395670890248970.post-74073004646505823322011-06-06T19:56:00.002+01:002011-06-06T19:59:58.561+01:00Russell heading South<div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/boxbrownie3/3984365737/" title="Russell heading South"><img alt="Russell heading South by Boxbrownie3" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3534/3984365737_bd8e95248e.jpg" /></a><br />
<span style="margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/boxbrownie3/3984365737/">Russell heading South</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/boxbrownie3/">Boxbrownie3</a> on Flickr.</span></div>The Hunslet built locomotive 'Russell' at Beddgelert. One wonders if the eponymous James Cholmeley Russell ever rode on or behind it in a train?NickBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297226270045478392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992395670890248970.post-53902655746764012942011-06-01T22:16:00.004+01:002011-06-06T09:36:16.569+01:00Eleanor RussellNew information on Eleanor Russell (as Eleanor Broome) including her near involvement in the Anglo Zulu War in the blog section "The 1880s and beyond". See also Russell High School <a href="http://www.russellhigh.co.za/?history">here</a>NickBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297226270045478392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992395670890248970.post-60711769730249910222011-05-22T18:31:00.005+01:002015-03-03T18:27:27.971+00:00Directors - North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Company<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The table below shows the directors of the NWNGR Company from its inception to Russell's death in 1912. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Bulkeley Senior</strong> was replaced by his son at death in June 1875. He was a prominent Anglesey landowner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Chaloner William</strong> <strong>Chute</strong> (1838-1890) was a barrister and quarry owner and also director of Moel Tryfan Rolling Stock Company. H</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">is family lived on the Vyne Estate in Hampshire</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Charles Davison</strong> (1822-1908) owned a firebrick company (<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ewloe Barn Brick and Tile Works)</span> </span>and was a prominent ship owner based at Connah's Quay, Director of Hawarden & Dist. Water Works, Halkyn District Mines Drainage Co. etc. See </span><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/northeastwales/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8966000/8966789.stm"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> for more information</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Ernest Lake</strong> was a solicitor; later Chairman NWNGR Co. (following Russell) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>James Szlumper</strong> ex Director Vale of Rheidol Rly, Civil Engineer to NWNGR and Vale of Rheidol </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Menzies</strong> was managing director of the Alexandra Slate Company</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Sir Llewelyn Turner</strong> ( 1823 - 1903 ) was prominent in the municipal life of Caernarvon , of which he was mayor on two occasions; he was knighted in 1870. He was the founder (1846) of the Royal Welsh Yacht Club so shared an interest with Russell , deputy-constable of Caernarvon castle (and served as sheriff of Caernarvonshire , 1886-7. He married in 1878 , Agnes , daughter of G. Bell. <span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>More information - </em></span><a href="http://www.festipedia.org.uk/wiki/Llewelyn_Turner" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>festipedia entry</em></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em> and Welsh Highland Heritage Journal June 2012 and biography by J E Vincent published in 1903 and now available again</em></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Livingston Thompson</strong> (1810-c.1874) was an attorney in <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Dublin</place></city> became the largest shareholder in the Festiniog Railway Company and sat on the board until 1874. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong>James Hewitt Oliver</strong> (1823-1902) was <span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">a lieutenant-colonel in the <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Dublin</place></city> militia and </span>the son of Admiral Robert Dudley Oliver</span> <span style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">and with his three brothers and a sister, inherited the Goosey Estate, Stanford in the</span> Vale, Berkshire. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Hugh Beaver Roberts</strong> was a prominent landowner (including the Croesor Estate) and solicitor in <place w:st="on">North Wales</place> and was closely involved with the Festiniog Railway and the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Company. The Croesor Tramway, that later formed part of the Welsh Highland Railway was constructed by Roberts in the 1860s.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Abraham Fitzgibbon</strong> (1823 – 1887) a civil engineer, who became the Engineer-in-Chief of the Queensland Railway in 1865. Fitzgibbon served an apprenticeship with a leading civil engineer in <country-region w:st="on">Ireland</country-region>, and had considerable experience in railway surveying and construction in <country-region w:st="on">Ireland</country-region>, the <country-region w:st="on">United States</country-region>, <country-region w:st="on">Canada</country-region>, <country-region w:st="on">Ceylon</country-region>, <country-region w:st="on">India</country-region> and <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">New Zealand</place></country-region>. He lived at The Rookery, Stanmore, <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">London</place></city> and died aged 64 at Moorside, Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sources: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most of the above information from 'Narrow Gauge Railways in South Caernarvonshire' by James I. C. Boyd, published by Oakwood Press </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welsh Biography On Line </span><a href="http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s-TURN-WIL-1766.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">History of Berkshire </span><a href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62753&strquery=Hewitt"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">thepeerage.com</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More details on Chute, Lake and Szlumper in other parts of this Blog. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Details of the others will be added as information becomes available</span>NickBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297226270045478392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992395670890248970.post-30036547848712290902011-05-14T19:37:00.000+01:002011-05-14T19:37:07.194+01:00Russell's Steam YachtsAccording to Lloyd’s Yacht Register J.C. Russell owned two yachts, Gryffin and later Rona (built in 1900 by Chamber Bros, Cartsdyke, Greenock), although there is no record of him owning Madge despite the evidence of a sailor wearing a jerkin carrying the name 'Madge'. More research required!<br />
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Thanks to Mike Porter of the Scottish Maritime MuseumNickBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297226270045478392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992395670890248970.post-79395246643385218952011-04-24T18:34:00.000+01:002011-04-24T18:34:09.457+01:00North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways CompanyFor more information on the history of the NWNGR company with which J C Russell was so involved see the Festipedia site <a href="http://www.festipedia.org.uk/">here</a>NickBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297226270045478392noreply@blogger.com0