Claude Russell (1732-1820) was a high ranking
British
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administrator in the
Bengal
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civil service in
India
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.
Claude was the son of John Russell of Braidshaw, Writer to the Signet, & his third wife, Mary Anderson, and younger brother of
Patrick Russell (1727-1805), the herpetologist.
He married Leonora daughter of
George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot
George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot (4 March 1719 – 11 May 1777) was twice the British President of the British East India Company.
Life
Pigot was the eldest son of Richard Pigot of Westminster, by his wife Frances, daughter of Peter Goode, a Hug ...
, British
President of the British East India Company.
He was the first Collector of
Aligarh
Aligarh (; formerly known as Allygarh, and Kol) is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Aligarh district, and lies northwest of state capital Lucknow and approximately southeast of the capita ...
District. He was appointed on 1 August 1804. Prior to this, he was Governor General's Agent at Farukhabad and was directed to distribute the conquered territory into British divisions.
DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE ALIGARH DISTRICT By EDWIN T. ATKINSON, page 348
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See also
* Aligarh
Aligarh (; formerly known as Allygarh, and Kol) is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Aligarh district, and lies northwest of state capital Lucknow and approximately southeast of the capita ...
* Battle of Ally Ghur
The siege of Aligarh also known as the Battle of Aligarh was fought between the Maratha Confederacy and the British East India Company during the Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–1805) at Aligarh, India.
Aligarh Fort, one of the strongest forts ...
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Administrators in British India
British East India Company people
Aligarh
People from Aligarh
1732 births
1820 deaths
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