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John Russell was born on Aug. 18, 1792, in London. He was the third son of the 6th Duke of Bedford. Russell was educated primarily by private tutors and at Edinburgh University. Russell's parliamentary career began in 1813, when he was elected Whig member of Parliament for Tavistock. In poor health during his early parliamentary career, Russell ...
(1792–1878).Prime minister. A small, cocky man, Russell was the third son of the duke of Bedford and was educated at Westminster and Edinburgh University. He entered Parliament in 1818, sitting for several constituencies until returned for the City of London in 1841, which he represented until his elevation to the peerage as Earl Russell.
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC, FRS, alternatively Lord John Russell prior to 1861, was a British statesman who became the Prime Minister of Great Britain twice. A foremost Whig and Liberal politician, his first prime-ministerial tenure lasted from 1846 to 1852. He served his second tenure between 1865 and 1866.
8 de ene. de 2017 · LordJohn Russell and Parliamentary Reform, 1848-67 FOR over a century after his death, Lord John Russell was remembered above all as a politician who failed to appreciate when it was time to get off the stage. He was widely agreed to have peaked at some point in the 1840s - Gladstone put it even earlier, at his leadership of the Commons
Lord John Russell was born on 8 August 1792 and was the third son of the sixth Duke of Bedford. He was educated at Westminster School and the University of Edinburgh. He entered Parliament in 1813 as the MP for Tavistock and during the 1820s he was a persistent advocate of extending the franchise and granting political equality to Roman Catholics.
No. 20. Lord John Russell to Governor Hobson. Downing Street, December 9, 1840. Sir ,—. I herewith transmit to you a charter (or letters patent) under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, providing for the future administration of the Government of New Zealand as a separate Colony. This instrument has been issued by the Queen in pursuance of ...
Russell's only postwar biographer, John Prest, produced important unpublished material but paid little attention to his views or to many of his policy initiatives.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 ...
