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John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, (born Aug. 18, 1792, London, Eng.—died May 28, 1878, Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey), British politician and prime minister (1846–52, 1865–66). A member of the prominent Russell family, he entered Parliament in 1813. He was a strong advocate of reform and made it a cause of the Whig Party, leading ...
Lord John Russell served as Prime Minister from 30 June 1846 to 21 February 1852 and from 29 October 1865 to 26 June 1866. He was born on 8 August 1792, the third son of the sixth Duke of Bedford. He was educated at Westminster School and the University of Edinburgh. When he was fully grown, Russell stood only 5' 4¾" tall and weighed about 8 ...
10 de dic. de 2009 · Russell's only postwar biographer, John Prest, produced important unpublished material but paid little attention to his views or to many of his policy initiatives. Twenty years ago Derek Beales almost took up the challenge; but in the event Joseph II's gain has been Russell's loss. Recent work, which he has largely inspired, has helped to ...
Lord John Russell (1792—1878) prime minister and author Quick Reference (1792–1878). Prime minister. A small, cocky man, Russell was the third son of the duke ...
6 de abr. de 2024 · John, Earl Russell. In the north west tower chapel in the nave of Westminster Abbey is a memorial bust to John, 1st Earl Russell (formerly Lord John Russell), Prime Minister. The white marble bust is by the sculptor Sir J. Edgar Boehm and the brief inscription reads: John Earl Russell. Born August 18th 1792. Died May 29th 1878. Buried at Chenies.
Even if Lord John Russell shared the English dislike of Catholicism, he possessed to a high degree the Whig insistence on liberty and justice. His sympathy for Irish Catholics was genuine, if somewhat removed from the reality of the peasant’s plight. Russell was in opposition from 1841 to 1846.
Lord John Russell. Lord John Russell served as prime minister on two occasions. He had initially came to Parliamentary attention for helping to write the 1832 Reform Bill, which significantly increased the number of people eligible to vote. He benefitted from the fallout over the Corn Laws that saw the demise of Sir Robert Peel's administration.
