1st Earl Russell

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1st Earl Russell was a prominent 19th-century British Whig statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and played a key role in advancing parliamentary reform.

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instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Whig statesman ⓘ
human ⓘ
burialPlace Westminster Abbey ⓘ
causeOfDeath bronchitis ⓘ
child Francis Russell ⓘ
George Russell ⓘ
John Russell, Viscount Amberley ⓘ
Lady Emma Russell ⓘ
Lady Georgiana Russell ⓘ
Lady Victoria Russell ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1792-08-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1878-05-28 ⓘ
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
educatedAt Edinburgh University (informal study) ⓘ
Westminster School ⓘ
endTime first term as Prime Minister: 1852 ⓘ
second term as Prime Minister: 1866 ⓘ
familyName Russell ⓘ
father John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
grandfatherOf Bertrand Russell ⓘ
headOfGovernment United Kingdom ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
ideology classical liberalism ⓘ
parliamentary reformism ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of parliamentary reform ⓘ
leading role in passing the Great Reform Act ⓘ
promotion of religious liberty ⓘ
support for Catholic emancipation ⓘ
support for the Reform Act 1832 ⓘ
support for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Whig Party ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm Queen Victoria ⓘ
mother Georgiana Byng ⓘ
nobleTitle 1st Earl Russell ⓘ
notableWork Essays and Sketches of Life and Character ⓘ
Letter to the Electors of Stroud ⓘ
parliamentaryTerm MP for Bandon ⓘ
MP for Devon ⓘ
MP for Huntingdon ⓘ
MP for Tavistock ⓘ
MP for the City of London ⓘ
placeOfBirth Grosvenor Square ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park ⓘ
portrait Portrait of Lord John Russell by Francis Grant ⓘ
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer (acting) ⓘ
Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Home Secretary of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Home Secretary

Leader of the House of Commons ⓘ
Leader of the House of Lords ⓘ
Member of Parliament ⓘ
Paymaster of the Forces ⓘ
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies ⓘ
relative Bertrand Russell ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park ⓘ
signature Signature of John Russell, 1st Earl Russell ⓘ
spouse Adelaide Lister ⓘ
Lady Frances Anna Maria Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound ⓘ
startTime first term as Prime Minister: 1846 ⓘ
second term as Prime Minister: 1865 ⓘ

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John Russell, 1st Earl Russell → nobleTitle → 1st Earl Russell ⓘ
subject linked to: John
Earl Russell → titleHolderStyle → The Right Honourable the Earl Russell ⓘ
linked to: 1st Earl Russell
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell → nobleTitle → 1st Earl Russell ⓘ
subject linked to: 1st Earl Russell