Odo William Leopold Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill

Odo William Leopold Russell, 1st Baron Ampthill (born February 20, 1829, Florence, Italy—died August 25, 1884, Potsdam, Germany) was a British diplomat, the first British ambassador to the German Empire (1871–84). A member of a prominent family, Russell as a youth became fluent in French, German, and Italian through tutoring and wide travel and also acquired the social gifts for a diplomatic career. He served in a variety of posts in Vienna, Paris, Constantinople, Washington,...