John Russell Greenhill

Rev. John Russell Greenhill (baptised 11 December 1727 – 1813) was an English cleric, known as the owner of Chequers, Buckinghamshire.

John Russell Greenhill

Life

He was the son of Samuel Greenhill (died 1749) of Swyncombe, Oxfordshire of the East India Company and Elizabeth Russell, daughter of John Russell.[1] His mother belonged to the Russell of Chequers Court family and was descended from Oliver Cromwell. He was baptised in Calcutta in December 1727, only three months after his parents' marriage.[2][3] His mother died a year later.

Greenhill matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford in 1746, graduating B.C.L. in 1754.[4] He was ordained deacon by Thomas Secker in 1754, and priest in 1755. He became rector of Fringford in 1756, with the addition of Marsh Gibbon in 1779, both livings being in Oxfordshire.[5]

On the death of his cousin Mary Russell, Greenhill inherited Chequers.[6] From 1773 until his death he was lord of the manor of Cottisford, also in Oxfordshire.[7]

Greenhill died in 1813.

Family

Greenhill married Elizabeth Noble, daughter of Matthew Noble of Sunderland. Sir Robert Greenhill-Russell, 1st Baronet Greenhill-Russell of Chequers Court, was their son.[8] He inherited both Chequers and Cottisford.[7]

References
  1. Debrett's Baronetage of England: Containing an Account of All Existing English Baronets, with Alphabetical Lists of Such as Have Been Advanced to the Peerage, Or Whose Titles Have Become Extinct, Etc., ... J.G. and F. Rivington [and others]. 1832. p. 779.
  2. India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
  3. India, Select Marriages, 1792-1948
  4. s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Greenhill, John Russell
  5. Persons: Greenhill, John Russell (1754–1815) in "CCEd, the Clergy of the Church of England database" (Accessed online, 29 March 2018)
  6. Lipscomb, George (1847). The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham. J. & W. Robins. p. 195. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  7. Lobel, 1959, pages 103-116
  8. "Greenhill (afterwards Greenhill Russell), Robert (1763-1836), of Chequers Court, Ellesborough, Bucks., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 29 March 2018.

Sources
  • Lobel, Mary D. (ed.) (1959). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 6. pp. 103–116.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
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