Sir Lord Oliver Russell GCSI GCIE
(1869-1935)
Knight Grand Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, Pro Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England, Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, and 2nd Baron Ampthill (from 1884)
Died aged c. 66
Wikidata WikipediaArthur Oliver Villiers Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill GCSI GCIE JP DL (19 February 1869 – 7 July 1935) was a British peer, rower, and civil servant. He served as Governor of Madras from October 1900 to February 1906, and as acting Viceroy of India from April to December 1904. Russell served as the Assistant Private Secretary to Joseph Chamberlain from 1895 -1897, and as Private Secretary to the same from 1897 to 1900, when he was appointed Governor of Madras. Russell also served as the Viceroy of India from April 1904 to December 1904, when Lord Curzon periodically returned to England.
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Commemorated on 1 plaque
This stone was laid by the right honourable Lord Ampthill GCSI GCIE most worshipful Pro Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England on the 2nd July 1929 to commemorate the rebuilding of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Bancroft Basin, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom where they laid the stone (1929)