RUSSELL, GEORGE GRAY (1828-1919) was born in Perthshire, Scotland, and educated at Dunfermline and Edinburgh. For many years he was in business in London. In 1864 he came to Dunedin and established himself as a merchant in partnership with John Macfarlane Ritchie (1842-1912). Russell managed the Timaru branch. In 1878 the business was taken over by the National Mortgage and Agency Co., and in 1885 Russell retired. He was a governor of the Otago High Schools and a member of the Otago University council from 1886 till 1905, when he returned to England. He made many donations for public purposes, including £1,000 to the Otago High School board of governors for scholarships (1882).

Otago Univ. Calendar, 1938.

Reference: Volume 2, page 135

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