predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place religion imagesize nationality birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
the acting -rrb- lord curzon of kedleston sir james thompson -lrb- the acting -rrb- sir gabriel stokes -lrb- acting -rrb- lord curzon of kedleston sir james thompson -lrb- 07 july 1935 rome , italy united kingdom christian 200px british 19 february 1869 viceroy of india -lrb- acting -rrb- governor of madras 30 april 1904 15 october 1900 13 december 1904 margaret -lrb- née lygon -rrb- oliver russell 2nd baron ampthill.jpg oliver russell , 2nd baron ampthill
 13 december 1904 30 april 1904 15 february 1906 the lord ampthill
oliver russell , 2nd baron ampthill

-lrb- arthur -rrb- oliver villiers russell , 2nd baron ampthill , gcsi , gcie , dl , jp -lrb- 19 february 1869 -- 7 july 1935 -rrb- was a british peer , rower and administrator who served as the governor of madras from october 1900 to february 1906 and acted as the viceroy of india from april to december 1904 .
oliver russell was born on 19 february 1869 to odo russell , 1st baron ampthill , and lady emily russell in rome and was educated at eton and oxford .
oliver russell succeeded to the barony of ampthill at the age of 15 on the death of his father .
russell served as the assistant private secretary to joseph chamberlain in 1895 to 1897 and then private secretary from 1897 to 1900 , when he was appointed governor of madras .
at the age of 31 , russell became the youngest-ever to be appointed governor of madras and served from 1900 to 1906 .
russell also served as the viceroy of india from april to december 1904 , when lord curzon was re-elected for a second term .
