William Howard Russell witnessed the final re-capture of Lucknow (1858). In 1861 Russell went to Washington, returning to England in 1863. In July 1865 he sailed on the "Great Eastern" to document the laying of the Atlantic Cable and wrote a book about the voyage with color illustrations by Robert Dudley. He published diaries of his time in India, the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War, where he describes the warm welcome given him by English-speaking Prussian generals such as Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal. Russell later accused fellow war correspondent Nicholas Woods of the "Morning Herald" of lying in his articles about
Richard William Howard Gorges wife in America. He compiled the history of the Gorges family that was published in 1944. Richard William Howard Gorges died under the wheels of a London underground train in January 1944. The coroner recorded an open verdict. Although his brother, Raymond, appears to have provided financial support during his later life, Captain Richard Gorges' name has been removed from the family history and is no longer shown in Burke's Landed Gentry. Richard William Howard Gorges Richard William Howard Gorges (c1876-1944) came from an Irish family of Norman descent. He served in the Boer War and was later implicated in