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