As a judge his "keen sense of justice, his firmness, and his unfailing courtesy commanded for him universal respect and confidence, and it was seldom that his judgments could be assailed on points of law or equity." Death In 1893 he was staying in Strathpeffer, Scotland, to convalesce. He was joined there by his old friend Sir William Henry Marsh, who had also been a senior official in Hong Kong. Russell had two heart attacks in the last week of August 1893 but by 1 September 1893 was feeling better and went down for breakfast. He had another heart attack and died a few hours later. He was 50 years old at the time. His body was taken back to Ulster by his brother and interred in the graveyard of Broughshane First Presbyterian Church in County Antrim. Russell Street Russell Street in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, was named after Russell. References British Hong Kong judges British barristers Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Knights Bachelor 1842 births 1893 deaths People from Broughshane