Lord Ampthill

Lord Ampthill
Born	Oliver Villiers Russell February 19, 1869 Rome, Italy
Died	July 7, 1935 (age 66) United Kingdom

(Arthur) Oliver Villiers Russell was a British peer, rower, administrator and president of the Magic Circle.

Oliver Russell was educated at Eton and Oxford. Oliver Russell succeeded to the barony of Ampthill at the age of 15 on the death of his father.

Russell served as the Assistant Private Secretary to Joseph Chamberlain in 1895 to 1897 and then Private Secretary from 1897 to 1900, when he was appointed Governor of Madras. At the age of 31, Russell became the youngest-ever to be appointed Governor of Madras and served from 1900 to 1906. Russell also served as the Viceroy of India from April to December 1904, when Lord Curzon was re-elected for a second term.

On 13 July 1909, Lord Ampthill was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Bedfordshire. He then went on to fight in the First World War and was one of the founders of the National Party in 1917. He retired from the service in 1926 with the rank of colonel.

Lord Ampthill was President of the Magic Circle from 1931 to 1935.

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