Russell Sturgis (1805-1887)

China Merchant in Boston & Senior Partner of Baring Brothers & Co., London

He was one of the best known merchants of his time, not only in Boston, but in Canton and most notably London. He was born at Boston and graduated from Harvard (1823). He was admitted to the bar but preferred business and became a partner in the firm of Jonathan Amory & Son. He then set up on his own account as Russell & Sturgis in Manila and Russell, Sturgis & Co. in China. In 1849, he joined Baring Brothers & Co. in London and after the death of Thomas Baring in 1873 became the senior partner. He lived between 17 Carlton House Terrace in London and Givons Grove House near Leatherhead, Surrey. He married three times and had 7 adult children (listed).

Parents (2)

Nathaniel Russell Sturgis

of Mount Vernon Street, Boston; China Merchant, of Russell & Sturgis

1779-1856

Susanna (Parkman) Sturgis

Mrs "Susan" (Parkman) Sturgis

1780-1827

Spouses (3)

Lucy Lyman (Paine) Sturgis

Mrs Lucy Lyman (Paine) Sturgis

1805-1828

Mary Greene (Hubbard) Sturgis

Mrs Mary Greene (Hubbard) Sturgis

1806-1837

Julia Overing (Boit) Sturgis

Mrs Julia Overing (Boit) Sturgis

1823-1888

Children (7)

Russell Sturgis, Jr.

of 9 Louisburg Square, Boston, Massachusetts

1831-1899

Lucy (Sturgis) Codman

Mrs Lucy Lyman Paine (Sturgis) Codman

1833-1907

John Hubbard Sturgis

Architect, of Sturgis & Brigham, Boston

1834-1888

Henry Parkman Sturgis

M.P., Partner in Baring Brothers & Co., High Sheriff of the County of London

1847-1929

Julian Russell Sturgis

Writer & Librettist, of Knightsbridge, London

1848-1904

Mary (Sturgis) Falle

Mary Greene Hubbard (Sturgis) Mrs Seymour, Lady Falle

1851-1942

Howard Overing Sturgis

Novelist, of "Queen's Acres" near Windsor Great Park

1855-1920