Inglis was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1875, the grandson of Irish-born Australian physician, Dr Richard Thomas Tracy (1826–1874). He was educated at the Church of England Grammar School, Melbourne. Following this he attended
Melbourne University, qualifying
MB ChB in 1899. He married Grace Utting at
St Matthew's Church in
Hobson Street, Auckland, on Wednesday 24 December 1902. Sometime around 1916 he adopted the name,
Russell Tracy-Inglis. ==Medical career==