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'''Claude Russell''' (1732-1820) was a high ranking [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] administrator in the [[Bengal]] civil service in [[India]].<br />
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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 (herpetologist)|Patrick Russell]] (1727-1805), the herpetologist.<br />
He married Leonora daughter of [[George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot]], British [[Governor of Madras|President of the British East India Company]].<br />
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He was the first Collector of [[Aligarh]] 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.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=O54IAAAAQAAJ&dq=aligarh+russell&as_brr=1&pg=PA348&ci=143,395,762,58&source=bookclip DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE ALIGARH DISTRICT By EDWIN T. ATKINSON, page 348]</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Aligarh]]<br />
* [[Battle of Ally Ghur]]<br />
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