Alexander Russell (priest)

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Alexander Rutherford Russell (1825 – 20 May 1886) was Dean of Adelaide from 1866 until his death in 1886.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44569670 Trove]

He was born in Perthshire,"Modern Scottish poets, with biographical and critical notices" Edwards, D. H.: Brechin, self published, 1888 p.12. educated at Trinity College Dublin, and ordained in 1851.[http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A689 Aust Lit]

He was promoted from St Andrew's Church, Walkerville in March 1855 to rector of St John's Church, Adelaide in November 1859. He founded St Paul's Church, Adelaide on Pulteney Street in 1860, and succeeded James Farrell as Dean of Adelaide{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44562777 |title=Obituary |newspaper=South Australian Register |volume=LI |issue=12,338 |location=South Australia |date=31 May 1886 |access-date=4 October 2018 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} in 1869.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207684324 |title=Installation of the Very Rev. Dean Russell |newspaper=The Express and Telegraph |volume=VI |issue=1,783 |location=South Australia |date=28 October 1869 |access-date=22 June 2024 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} He continued to serve at St Paul's until his death in 1886.

He was editor of the short-lived (1857–1858) Educational Journal, official organ of the "Preceptors' Society".{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207123431 |title=Reviews |newspaper=Adelaide Times |volume=XI |issue=2188 |location=South Australia |date=18 August 1857 |access-date=24 January 2024 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}