James. C. Russell
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James Cholmeley Russell (1841-1912) was a barrister, expert on family law, financier, property developer and Welsh railway entrepreneur. He was a key shareholder of the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Company and Chairman, Managing Director and Receiver(at January 1906)
Also Manager and Receiver of the Manchester & Milford Railway from 1880 to 1904. See ‘The Manchester & Milford Railway’ by J S Holden published by The Oakwood Press in 2007 (Second revised edition)
His name was given to the Hunselt built steam locomotive Russell, purchased for PBSSR.
