John Russell Greenhill
Rev. John Russell Greenhill was an English cleric, known as the owner of Chequers, Buckinghamshire.Life
He was the son of Samuel Greenhill of Swyncombe, Oxfordshire of the East India Company and Elizabeth Russell, daughter of John Russell. His mother belonged to the Russell of Chequers Court family and was descended from Oliver Cromwell. He was baptised in Calcutta in December 1727, only three months after his parents' marriage. His mother died a year later.
Greenhill matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford in 1746, graduating B.C.L. in 1754. He was ordained deacon by Thomas Secker in 1754, and priest in 1755. He became rector of Fringford in 1756, with the addition of Marsh Gibbon in 1779, both livings being in Oxfordshire.
On the death of his cousin Mary Russell, Greenhill inherited Chequers. From 1773 until his death he was lord of the manor of Cottisford, also in Oxfordshire.
Greenhill died in 1813.Family
Greenhill married Elizabeth Noble, daughter of Matthew Noble of Sunderland. Sir Robert Greenhill-Russell, 1st Baronet Greenhill-Russell of Chequers Court, was their son. He inherited both Chequers and Cottisford.
