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John Russell Earl Russell

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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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1846–1852 and 1865–1866

Born 18 August 1792
Died 28 May 1878

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  • Cover of: Selections from speeches of Earl Russell, 1817 to 1841, and from dispatches, 1859 to 1865. With introductions.

    First published in 1870 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: speech ... in the House of Commons, on Friday, the 7th of May, 1841.: Ways and means--sugar duties.

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  • Cover of: speech of Lord John Russell: delivered in the House of Commons, February 7, 1837 upon moving for leave to bring in a bill for amending the municipal corporations of Ireland.

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  • Cover of: Speech of Lord John Russell on the corn laws, delivered in the House of Commons, February 14, 1842.

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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: Substance of Lord John Russell's speech in the House of Commons, June 20th, 1839, on the Government plan for promoting national education.

    First published in 1839 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Substance of the speeches of the Right Hon. Lord John Russell, in the House of Commons: On the government of Ireland, on Monday, 15th April, 1839; and the government of Jamaica, on Tuesday, 7th May, 1839.

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  • Cover of: Is Cheap Sugar the Triumph of Free Trade?: A Second Letter to the Rt. Hon ...

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  • Cover of: A letter, addressed to the Right Honourable Lord John Russell, M.P. ... on the evil policy of those measures of quarantine, and restrictive police, which are employed for arresting the progress of the Asiatic cholera ...

    First published in 1837 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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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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  • Cover of: La Pologne et la diplomatie: recueil des documents officiels distribués au Parlement anglais, suivi des notes des trois puissances de la réponse russe, de la dépêche de Lord Napier a Lord Russell, et de la dépêche du gouvernement national polonais au prince Czartoyski

    First published in 1863 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Essays and sketches of life and character

    First published in 1820 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The reform deformed

    First published in 1831 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Don Carlos: or, Persecution. A tragedy, in five acts

    First published in 1822 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Letter to the Electors of Stroud, on the Principles of the Reform Act

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  • Cover of: The source and remedy of the national difficulties: deduced from principles of political economy, in a letter to Lord John Russell

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  • Cover of: The speech of Lord John Russell: in the House of Commons, on Friday, the 7th of May, 1841. Ways and means -- sugar duties

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  • Cover of: A Letter to the Right Honourable Lord John Russell, Secretary of State for the Colonies: Upon ...

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Photo of John Russell Earl Russell

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1846–1852 and 1865–1866

Born 18 August 1792
Died 28 May 1878
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 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