Brancepeth Estate
Reference: D/Br/F Catalogue Title: Brancepeth Estate Area: Catalogue Category: Estate and Family Records Description: Family Papers
Covering Dates: 1533-1917
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FAMILYCatalogue Contents
RUSSELL FAMILY, 1608 - 1865
William Russell of Newbottle and Brancepeth, 1762 - 1817 (Ref: D/Br/F 86-293)Purchase of Brancepeth Estate, 1796 - 1797 (Ref: D/Br/F 86-89)Ref: D/Br/F 86Matthew Russell was M.P. for Saltash, one of his father's boroughs, from 1801 and continued to serve in Parliament until his death in 1822
Correspondence from Thomas Smith to George Tennyson, 1800 - 1801 (Ref: D/Br/F 133-140)Ref: D/Br/F 133William Russell was elected M.P. for the County of Durham without a contest at the general elections of 1830 and 1831
Ref: D/Br/F 376