Ian Russell (priest)

(Harold) Ian (Lyle) Russell (b 17 October 1934) was Archdeacon of Coventry from 1989 until 2000;

Russell was educated at Epsom College. He worked for Shell from 1951 to 1953; and was in the RAF Regiment from 1953 to 1956. He studied for ordination at the London College of Divinity. After curacies in Iver and Lodge Moor he was Vicar of St John, Chapeltown, South Yorkshire then St Jude, Mapperley.