Edric Claud Hamilton-Russell (24 November 1904 – 1984) was a British

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is di ...

and mining engineer who was director of pre-nationalisation collieries. Hamilton-Russell was the son of Hon. Claud Eustace Hamilton-Russell and Maria Lindsay Wood. He was educated at

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and at

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. At Cambridge, he was a member of the

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. In 1925, rowing for Third Trinity, Cambridge, he won

Silver Goblets The Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's coxless pairs at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to male crews from all eligible rowing club A rowing club ...

Henley Royal Regatta Henley Royal Regatta (or Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage) is a rowing event held annually on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. It was established on 26 March 1839. It differs from the thre ...

, partnering Robert Morrison. They beat

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and Richard Lucas in the final. In 1926 he was a member of the

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crew in the

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. He also won Silver Goblets again partnering H R Carver, when they beat Nickalls and A D B Pearson in the final. Hamilton-Russell became a chartered surveyor and mining engineer. In 1940 he was general manager of Doncaster Amalgamated Collieries Ltd. and a director of the Netherton Coal Company of Newcastle. He lived at Badsworth Grange. In 1950, after the

Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 The Coal Industry Nationalisation Act of 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6 c. 59) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which nationalised, or brought into state control, the coal industry in the United Kingdom. It established the National Coal B ...

, he was a senior partner in William Armstrong & Sons of Newcastle upon Tyne who were consulting mining engineers and mineral valuers. He was mineral adviser to the

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for England and chairman of the Netherton Coal Company. He was living at Acomb House,

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, Northumberland.Durham Mining Museum Who's Who
/ref> Hamilton-Russell died in 1984 Hamilton-Russell married Helen Rosa Humble, daughter of William Humble, on 11 April 1932.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton-Russell, Edric Claud 1904 births 1984 deaths British male rowers British mining engineers People educated at Eton College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge

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