Edric Claud Hamilton-Russell (24 November 1904 - 1984) was a British rower

Rowing (sport)

Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

 and mining engineer who was director of pre-nationalisation collieries.

Hamilton-Russell was the son of Hon. Claud Eustace Hamilton-Russell and Maria Lindsay Wood. He was educated at Eton College

Eton College

Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....

 and at Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...

. In 1925, rowing for Third Trinity, Cambridge

First and Third Trinity Boat Club

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, he won Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta

Henley Royal Regatta

Henley Royal Regatta is a rowing event held every year on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. The Royal Regatta is sometimes referred to as Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage...

, partnering Robert Morrison

Robert Morrison (rower)

Robert Erskine Morrison was a British rower who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.Morrison was born at Richmond on Thames and educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge...

. They beat Guy Oliver Nickalls

Guy Oliver Nickalls

Guy Oliver Nickalls , also known as Gully Nickalls, was a British rower who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics.-Life:...

 and Richard Lucas in the final. In 1926 he was a member of the Cambridge

Cambridge University Boat Club

The Cambridge University Boat Club is the rowing club of the University of Cambridge, England, located on the River Cam at Cambridge, although training primarily takes place on the River Great Ouse at Ely. The club was founded in 1828...

 crew in the Boat Race. He also won Silver Goblets again partnering H R Carver, when they beat Nickalls and A D B Pearson in the final.

Hamilton-Russell became a chartered surveyor and mining engineer. In 1940 he was general manager of Doncaster Amalgamated Collieries Ltd. and a director of the Netherton Coal Company of Newcastle. He lived at Badsworth Grange

Badsworth

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.

In 1950, after the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946

Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946

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, he was a senior partner in William Armstrong & Sons of Newcastle-on-Tyne who were consulting mining engineers and mineral valuers. He was mineral adviser to the Church Commissioners

Church Commissioners

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 for England and chairman of the Netherton Coal Company. He was living at Acomb House, Hexham

Hexham

Hexham is a market town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, located south of the River Tyne, and was the administrative centre for the Tynedale district from 1974 to 2009. The three major towns in Tynedale were Hexham, Prudhoe and Haltwhistle, although in terms of population, Prudhoe was...

, Northumberland.

Hamilton-Russell died in 1984

Hamilton-Russell married Helen Rosa Humble, daughter of William Humble, on 11 April 1932.