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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: 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: Correspondence Between the Right Hon. J. W. Croker and the Right Hon. Lord John Russell, on Some Passages of 'Moore's Diary': With a Postscript by Mr. Croker, Explanatory of Mr. Moore's Acquaintance and Correspondence with Him . .

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  • Cover of: Speech of the Earl Russell at Newcastle on Monday October 14, 1861 at the banquet given in his honour: with the address of the inhabitants, and Earl Russell's reply.

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  • Cover of: Documents relating to the recent determination of the British Wesleyan Conference to dissolve its official union with the Provincial Conference of Upper Canada: to which is subjoined an appendix containing a letter from the Rev. Dr. Alder to Lord John Russell in answer to the Rev. Messrs. Ryerson's letter to that nobleman : with other illustrative papers

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  • Cover of: Observations on the arrangements connected with the relief of the sick poor : addressed in a letter to the Right Honourable the Lord John Russell ...

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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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  • Lord John Russell
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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
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August 22, 2022 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import