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American judge (1713?1766)
Chambers Russell
(1713?1766) was a lawyer and judge from the
Province of Massachusetts Bay
. Born in
Charlestown
, he graduated
Harvard College
in 1731, read law with John Reed, and settled in
Concord
. He was a leading force in the incorporation of
Lincoln
from parts of Concord and other towns,
[1]
and was given the honor of naming the new town (which he did in honor of the ancestral home of
Lincolnshire
). His home, now known as the
Codman House
, still stands.
[2]
He represented Lincoln in the provincial assembly for eight years. He was an associate justice of the
Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature
from 1752 to 1766, and a judge of the Crown admiralty court covering Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire from 1747 until 1766.
[3]
In the latter role Russell was disliked by New England merchants for his rulings concerning ships seized for actions of their owners that violated the
Navigation Acts
and were deemed to be smuggling.
He died in
Guildford
,
Surrey
after a brief illness.
[3]
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