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Born into a prosperous Limerick merchant family, Russell was educated first at Crescent College in Limerick and for a short time Mount St Benedict's near Gorey at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire.^[2] Russell first stood for election as a Clann na Poblachta candidate at the 1948 general election but was not elected. He was also an unsuccessful candidate at the 1951 general election and the 1952 Limerick East by-election. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as an independent Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick East constituency at the 1957 general election.^[3] He lost his seat at the 1961 general election.^[4] He was elected to the 12th Seanad in 1969 on the Industrial and Commercial Panel and was re-elected to the 13th Seanad in 1973. He was defeated at the 1977 Seanad election. He unsuccessfully contested the 1965 general election as a Fine Gael candidate.^[4]

He was a longtime member of Limerick Corporation, elected first as an independent (1942) and later as a member of {{anchor|Gluais Linn}}Gluais Linn (1945), Clann na Poblachta (1950, 55), and Fine Gael (1960, 67, 74, 79).^[5] He served as Mayor of Limerick on five occasions (1954-57, 1967-68 and 1976-77). He was made a Freeman of the city in 1995.^[6] and was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Limerick in 2002.^[7]

Russell was active in the campaign for the establishment of a university in Limerick, which led to the establishment of the National Institute for Higher Education (later the University of Limerick) in 1972.^[9]

He was married to Derry (née Gleeson of Nenagh) and had three daughters, Mary, Margaret, Derry and a son George.^[2]

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1. ^{{cite web|url=http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/S/0178/S.0178.200412020004.html |title=Seanad Éireann - Volume 178 - 2 December 2004 - Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy |work=Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas |accessdate=5 September 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607135704/http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/S/0178/S.0178.200412020004.html |archivedate=7 June 2011 |df= }}
2. ^¹{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/public-spirited-limerick-merchant-prince-1.1168774|title=Public-spirited Limerick merchant prince|work=The Irish Times|access-date=2018-09-01|language=en-US}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=16&MemberID=1663&ConstID=131|title=Mr. George Russell|work=Oireachtas Members Database|accessdate=20 March 2009}}
4. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=2309|title=George Russell|work=ElectionsIreland.org|accessdate=20 March 2009}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/Elections%20final%20amend.doc|title=Limerick Municipal Elections 1841–2009|format=MS Word|last1=Cusack|first1=John|first2=Liam |last2=Hanley |first3=David |last3=Lee |first4=Debbie |last4=Jacobs|accessdate=15 April 2016}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/migration/ted-russell-486874.html|title=Ted Russell|date=5 December 2004|accessdate=10 July 2011|author=Eugene Hogan|work=Irish Independent}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2002/1125/doctorate.html|title=JP McManus receives honorary doctorate|date=25 November 2002|accessdate=10 July 2011|work=RTÉ News}}
8. ^{{Cite book|title=Limerick's Merchants, Traders and Shakers|last=Potter|first=Matthew|last2=Slater|first2=Sharon|publisher=Limerick Chamber|year=2015|isbn=9780953835416|location=Limerick|pages=}}
9. ^{{cite journal|author=Pat Kearney|title=Towards a University for Limerick 1934 – 1972|journal=Old Limerick Journal|pages=45–56|year=1990|url=http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/towards%20a%20university.pdf|number=27}}

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