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John Russell Earl Russell

18 August 1792 - 28 May 1878

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, known by his courtesy title Lord John Russell before 1861, was a British Whig and Liberal statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1852 and again from 1865 to 1866.

Russell was born into the highest echelons of the British aristocracy, being the third son of John Russell, later 6th Duke of Bedford, and Georgiana Byng, daughter of George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington. The Russell family had been one of the principal Whig dynasties in England since the 17th century, and were among the richest handful of aristocratic landowning families in the country.

Scion of one of the most powerful aristocratic families, Russell was a leading reformer who weakened the power of the aristocracy. His great achievements, wrote A. J. P. Taylor, were based on his persistent battles in Parliament over the years on behalf of the expansion of liberty; after each loss he tried again and again, until finally, his efforts were largely successful.

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  • Cover of: Corrected report of Lord John Russell, in the House of Commons, on Tuesday, the 1st of March, 1831, on introducing a bill for a reform of the Commons House of Parliament.

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  • Cover of: Despatch from Lord John Russell to Lord Lyons: dated November 22, 1860, respecting the San Juan water boundary.

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  • Cover of: The later correspondence of Lord John Russell: 1840-1878

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  • Cover of: later correspondence of Lord John Russell, 1840-1878: edited by G.P. Gooch.

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  • Cover of: Lord John Russell and the papal aggression.

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  • Cover of: Memoirs of the affairs of Europe: from the peace of Utrecht.

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  • Cover of: official correspondence on the claims of the United States in respect to the 'Alabama'.

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  • Cover of: Official edition of Lord John Russell's bill, to reform the representation of the people in England and Wales: with the amended schedules, as intended to be proposed in the committee.

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  • Cover of: Political opinions on the Roman Catholic question, expressed in Parliament and in public by the Rt. Hon. Lord John Russell, M.P.

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  • Cover of: Selections from speeches of Earl Russel 1817 to 1841 and from despatches 1859 to 1865: With introductions.

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Subjects
Politics and government, History, Constitutional history, Foreign relations, Great Britain, Great Britain. Parliament, Reform, Tariff on sugar, Catholic Church, Causes, Christianity, Corn laws (Great Britain), Correspondence, Irish question, Alabama claims, Boundaries, Capital, Cholera, Church and state, Church history, Controversial literature, Delivery of Health Care, Droit constitutionnel, Economic conditions, Economics
Places
Great Britain, Ireland, Europe, France, Canada, Grande-Bretagne, Jamaica, Northwest boundary of the United States, Poland, Politics and government, United States
People
John Russell Lord (1792-1878), William Russell Lord (1639-1683), Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue Carlingford Baron (1823-1898), Egerton Ryerson (1803-1882), John Russell Russell Earl (1792-1878), Pius IX Pope (1792-1878)
Time
1837-1901, 1485-, 19th century, 1830-1837, 1648-1789, 1815-1871, Revolution, 1789-1799, 1760-1860, Charles II, 1660-1685, Revolution, 1863-1864

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  • Russell, John Russell, Earl
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  • John Russell (1st Earl )
  • Russell, John Earl Russell
  • John Russell Russell (Earl)
  • Russell, John Lord

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September 16, 2023 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
September 14, 2023 Edited by Marla Added bio and birth/death dates
September 13, 2023 Edited by Marla Added new photo
August 22, 2022 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import