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The '''Reverend Mr John Russell''' <ref> Many articles and websites refer to “The Reverend Russell, but this styling is incorrect; a 19th century clergyman would have been known as “The Reverend ‘’Mr’’ John Doe”. </ref> {Jack Russell, Parson Russell) 1795-1883, was an English clergyman well known as a sportsman, hunting enthusiast and bon vivant. Russell was active in the formation of the Fox Terrier Club and in the development of and codifying of the standards for the Fox Terrier, although he did not show his own dogs, likening the difference between show dogs and hunting dogs to that between cultivated and wild flowers. <ref> "True terriers [my dogs] were, but differing from the present show dogs as the wild eglantine differs from a garden rose." <!--which book is this quoted in?--></ref> | The '''Reverend Mr John Russell''' <ref> Many articles and websites refer to “The Reverend Russell, but this styling is incorrect; a 19th century clergyman would have been known as “The Reverend ‘’Mr’’ John Doe”. </ref> {Jack Russell, Parson Russell) 1795-1883, was an English clergyman well known as a sportsman, hunting enthusiast and bon vivant. Russell was active in the formation of the Kennel Club, the Fox Terrier Club and in the development of and codifying of the standards for the Fox Terrier, although he did not show his own dogs, likening the difference between show dogs and hunting dogs to that between cultivated and wild flowers. <ref> "True terriers [my dogs] were, but differing from the present show dogs as the wild eglantine differs from a garden rose." <!--which book is this quoted in?--></ref> | ||
Russell was ordained in 1819 and appears to have been a reasonably good clergyman. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford (where his teachers noted his preference for hunting over academics) and secured a comfortable country living for his family at Swymbridge. Despite training and ability, he was never a high-ranking clergyman, and it has been suggested that his love of sport exceeded his professional ambition. He became particularly known in hunting and agricultural circles as a houndsman, but certainly kept hunt terriers as well. | Russell was ordained in 1819 and appears to have been a reasonably good clergyman. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford (where his teachers noted his preference for hunting over academics) and secured a comfortable country living for his family at Swymbridge. Despite training and ability, he was never a high-ranking clergyman, and it has been suggested that his love of sport exceeded his professional ambition. He became particularly known in hunting and agricultural circles as a houndsman, but certainly kept hunt terriers as well. | ||
Today, Jack Russell is best remember for the [[Jack Russell Terrier]], a small [[terrier]] [[breed]] that bears his name, even in his own day, such dogs would simply have been called "Fox Terriers". One can imagine people saying such things as, "Whose dogs are those?" "Jack Russell's". Or, "your dogs remind me of Jack Russell's". Or, "That's a Jack Russell type of dog." | |||
However it happened, small white fox-hunting terriers became known as ''Jack Russell Terriers''. | |||
There was a scramble for Russell’s dogs after his death, and it is less than certain who ended up with “Jack Russell’s terriers”; the sister of his studmaster appears to have acquired a few. Certainly, the chances that any of the bloodlines of the dogs presented today as [[Jack Russell Terrier]]s or [[Parson Russell Terrier]]s or any of the variants thereof are direct descendants of Trumps or any of the parson’s dogs, are slim. | There was a scramble for Russell’s dogs after his death, and it is less than certain who ended up with “Jack Russell’s terriers”; the sister of his studmaster appears to have acquired a few. Certainly, the chances that any of the bloodlines of the dogs presented today as [[Jack Russell Terrier]]s or [[Parson Russell Terrier]]s or any of the variants thereof are direct descendants of Trumps or any of the parson’s dogs, are slim. | ||
Revision as of 19:46, 19 April 2008
The Reverend Mr John Russell [1] {Jack Russell, Parson Russell) 1795-1883, was an English clergyman well known as a sportsman, hunting enthusiast and bon vivant. Russell was active in the formation of the Kennel Club, the Fox Terrier Club and in the development of and codifying of the standards for the Fox Terrier, although he did not show his own dogs, likening the difference between show dogs and hunting dogs to that between cultivated and wild flowers. [2]
Russell was ordained in 1819 and appears to have been a reasonably good clergyman. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford (where his teachers noted his preference for hunting over academics) and secured a comfortable country living for his family at Swymbridge. Despite training and ability, he was never a high-ranking clergyman, and it has been suggested that his love of sport exceeded his professional ambition. He became particularly known in hunting and agricultural circles as a houndsman, but certainly kept hunt terriers as well.
Today, Jack Russell is best remember for the Jack Russell Terrier, a small terrier breed that bears his name, even in his own day, such dogs would simply have been called "Fox Terriers". One can imagine people saying such things as, "Whose dogs are those?" "Jack Russell's". Or, "your dogs remind me of Jack Russell's". Or, "That's a Jack Russell type of dog."
However it happened, small white fox-hunting terriers became known as Jack Russell Terriers.
There was a scramble for Russell’s dogs after his death, and it is less than certain who ended up with “Jack Russell’s terriers”; the sister of his studmaster appears to have acquired a few. Certainly, the chances that any of the bloodlines of the dogs presented today as Jack Russell Terriers or Parson Russell Terriers or any of the variants thereof are direct descendants of Trumps or any of the parson’s dogs, are slim.