Gilbert Russell (other)
Gilbert Russell may refer to: * Gilbert Byng Alwyne Russell (1875–1942), British banker and military man * Val Rosing (1910–1969), British dance band singer, also known as Gilbert Russell * Gilbert C. Russell Gilbert Christian Russell (May 18, 1782 - May 25, 1861) was an American military officer who served during the Creek War. Born in Virginia, Russell moved to Alabama as a young man. In 1809, Russell was serving as commandant of Fort Pickering when M ...

Gilbert Byng Alwyne Russell
Gilbert Byng Alwyne Russell (1 June 187528 May 1942) was a British military officer and banker, who made his home at Mottisfont. Background Russell was the son of Lord Arthur Russell and Laura de Peyronnet, daughter of Paul Louis Jules, Viscount of Peyronnet. His cousin was the Duke of Bedford. His siblings included Harold Russell, Flora Russell, Claud Russell, Caroline Russell, and Conrad Russell. Military career Russell joined the Grenadier Guards as a second lieutenant on 1 December 1897, and was promoted to lieutenant on 20 April 1899. He served in the Mahdist War (1898), and was present at the Battle of Omdurman, for which he received the Queen's Sudan Medal and the Khedive's Sudan Medal (1897). In early 1900, he joined his regiment in South Africa during the Second Boer War, and took part in operations in the Orange Free State from April to May 1900, followed by the action at Biddulphsberg (May 1900) and Wittebergen (July 1900). After the end of hostilities in May 190 ...
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Val Rosing
Valerian Rosing (1910–1969), also known after 1938 as Gilbert Russell, was a British dance band singer best known as the vocalist with the BBC in the BBC Dance Orchestra directed by Henry Hall. Rosing was the son of Russian tenor Vladimir Rosing and English singer Marie Falle. Rosing sang on the original BBC recording of "Teddy Bears' Picnic" as well as "In a Little Gypsy Tea Room". He also sang on the Ray Noble Orchestra's version of "Try a Little Tenderness", the first recording of this well-covered song. Rosing recorded more than one hundred sides with various English bands, including Spike Hughes and His Decca-Dents, the Jack Payne Orchestra, Jack Hylton's Orchestra and Rosing's own Radio Rhythm Rascals. In 1938, Rosing moved to America at the urging of Louis B. Mayer, who renamed him Gilbert Russell, with hopes of making Rosing the "English Bing Crosby". His years at MGM were uneventful and, after his stint with the studio, he sang and acted in musicals and light operas ...
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