'' 1820 by Sir George Hayter Upon gaining the rank of lieutenant in the
1st Dragoon Guards, Russell was appointed
aide-de-camp (ADC) to Sir
George Ludlow on his
Copenhagen Expedition in 1807. During the
Peninsular War he fought in the
Battle of Talavera on 27 July 1809 where he was wounded. He was then ADC to
General Thomas Graham in 1810 and fought at the
Battle of Barossa in 1811. He was ADC to
Viscount Wellington (later the Duke of Wellington) in 1812 and again in 1817, when the Duke was Ambassador in Paris. As the brother of
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Lord John Russell, he sat as
Member of Parliament for
Bedford from 1812 until 1830. He was invested as a Companion,
Order of the Bath (CB) in 1831. He held the office of
Minister to Lisbon in August 1833, the office of
Minister to Württemberg in November 1833 and the office of
Ambassador to Berlin in 1835. He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (GCB) in 1838 and gained the rank of
major-general in November 1841. ==Personal life==