Charles Wells Russell Jr. Explained

Charles Wells Russell Jr.
Ambassador From:United States
Country:Iran
Termstart:1909
Termend:1914
Successor:John L. Caldwell
Predecessor:John B. Jackson
Parents:Charles Wells Russell (father)
Birth Name:Charles Wells Russell
Birth Date: 1856
Honorific Prefix:Ambassador

Charles Wells Russell Jr. (1856 – 1927) was an American diplomat.

Biography

Russell was born in 1856 to prominent politician and lawyer Charles Wells Russell Sr.[1]

Originally, Russell worked as an attorney for the Department of Justice (DOJ). He would also marry both of the sisters of former Confederate Colonel, John S. Mosby and by the late 1800s have children from them both.[2] Russell would use his position in the DOJ to hire his brother-in-law as a subordinate in the Bureau of Insular and Territorial affairs.[3]

Russell served as the United States' Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Iran from 1909 to 1914.[4]

In 1917 Russell would be listed as the editor on his brother-in-law's memoirs.[5]

Russell died in 1927.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ohio County, West Virginia Biographies. 2021-05-14. genealogytrails.com.
  2. Book: Russell, Charles Wells. Publishers Weekly. September 22, 1917. Little, Brown and Company. en.
  3. Book: Encyclopedia of the American Civil War : a political, social, and military history. 2000. W.W. Norton & Co. David Stephen Heidler, Jeanne T. Heidler, David J. Coles. 0-393-04758-X. New York. 49681605.
  4. Web site: Charles Wells Russell - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. 2021-05-10. history.state.gov.
  5. Book: Eicher, David J.. Robert E. Lee: A Life Portrait. 2002. Rowman & Littlefield. 978-0-87833-147-5. en.