Lord John Russell (third term context: Russell–Derby–Disraeli era)

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Lord John Russell was a leading 19th-century British Whig statesman and reformer who twice served as Prime Minister and played a central role in advancing parliamentary and electoral reforms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
human ⓘ
reformer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
era Russell–Derby–Disraeli era ⓘ
Victorian era ⓘ
familyName Russell ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
honorificPrefix Lord ⓘ
ideology Whig liberalism ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
influenced development of the British Liberal Party ⓘ
later 19th-century British reform legislation ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party ⓘ
linked to: Liberal Party (UK)

Whig Party ⓘ
movement British parliamentary reform movement ⓘ
notableFor leadership in 19th-century British liberal politics ⓘ
leading role in the passage of the Reform Act 1832 ⓘ
role in expanding the electoral franchise ⓘ
role in modernizing the British parliamentary system ⓘ
notableWork advocacy of the Reform Act 1832 ⓘ
promotion of religious liberty measures ⓘ
support for electoral reform ⓘ
support for parliamentary reform ⓘ
support for the repeal of the Corn Laws ⓘ
support for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts ⓘ
officeContested seats in the House of Commons ⓘ
opponent Benjamin Disraeli ⓘ
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby ⓘ
Robert Peel ⓘ
parliamentaryGroup House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf 19th-century British political history ⓘ
history of parliamentary reform in the United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer ⓘ
Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Home Secretary of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Home Secretary

Leader of the House of Commons ⓘ
Member of Parliament ⓘ
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies ⓘ
workedOn civil and religious liberties ⓘ
constitutional reform in the United Kingdom ⓘ
issues of electoral redistribution ⓘ
issues of parliamentary representation ⓘ

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Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby → precededInOfficeAsPrimeMinisterBy → Lord John Russell (third term context: Russell–Derby–Disraeli era) ⓘ