Life
1728-1767; b. Minorca, s. of Lieut.-Col. Christopher Russell (1670-1729), Gov. of Minorca; ed. Westminster School and Oxford; St. Mary’s College; BA 1750; rector of Schull, 1753, in the gift of John Boyle, Earl of Cork; wrote The Chameleon, often attrib. to Rev. James Merrick; mentioned in Malone’s edition of Dryden (Vol. 1 p.508). PI
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