Later Life
In the 1868 General Election Russell ran unsuccessfully as a Conservative candidate for the borough of Chelsea.
He retired as a battlefield correspondent in 1882 and founded the Army and Navy Gazette.
Russell was knighted in May 1895.
Russell died in 1907 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.
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