sentences:  Though considered by other politicians to have little sympathy with working people as a major landowner his panache and involvement in local affairs led him to be liked and admired by Hawkes Bay's élite.Russell was born in Sandhurst, Berkshire England and educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.His father Andrew Russell was in the 58th Regiment of Foot, and Russell came with him to New Zealand in the 1840s.