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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Russell    
First Name(s)  William Oldnall    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Sir    
Birth Year  1785    
Death Year  1833    
Entry  Son of Samuel Oldnall : born 1785 : took the name of his maternal grandfather, Russell, in 1816 : educated at Christ Church, Oxford : called to the bar from Lincoln's Inn, 1809 : was serjeant-at-law, 1827 : Chief Justice of Bengal in 1832 : knighted: died Jan. 22, 1833: wrote Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanours, declared to be the best general treatise on criminal law ; and on other legal subjects.     
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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