Sir Thomas Wentworth Russell "Russell Pasha" | |
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| Born | 22 November 1879 Wollaton rectory, England |
| Died | 10 April 1954 (aged 74) London |
| Nationality | English |
| Other names | Russell, Pasha |
| Education | Cheam School Haileybury College |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Years active | c. 1902–1946 |
| Spouse |
Evelyn Dorothea Temple
(m. 1911–1954) |
| Relatives | Sir John Wriothesley Russell (son) Christopher Sykes (son-in-law) John Russell (grandfather) Henry Willoughby (great-grandfather) |
Sir Thomas Wentworth Russell (22 November 1879 – 10 April 1954), better known as Russell Pasha, was a British police officer in the Egyptian service. He was the fourth child and third son of the Rev. Henry Charles Russell, the grandson of the sixth Duke of Bedford, and his wife, Leila Louisa Millicent Willoughby, the daughter of the eighth Baron Middleton.[1]
As the director of the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau (CNIB), Russell Pasha became an anti-drug campaigner when he realised that opium, heroin, cocaine and hashish were being smuggled into Egypt in great and increasing quantities.[2]