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John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878), known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was a British Whig and Liberal statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1852 and again from 1865 to 1866.
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury ... Lord John Russell: 30 June 1846 – 21 February 1852 ... British Historical Facts 1830–1900;
Lord John Russell: 30 June 1846 – 21 February 1852 29 October 1865 – 26 June 1866 Edward Smith-Stanley The Earl of Derby: 23 February 1852 – 17 December 1852 20 February 1858 – 11 June 1859 28 June 1866 – 25 February 1868 George Hamilton-Gordon The Earl of Aberdeen: 19 December 1852 – 30 January 1855 Henry John Temple The Viscount ...
The premier is British Columbia's head of government, and the king of Canada is its head of state and is represented by the lieutenant governor of British Columbia. The premier picks a cabinet from the elected members to form the Executive Council of British Columbia and presides over that body. [3] Members are first elected to the legislature ...
Quartered arms of John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford as seen on his Garter stall plate.Quarterly of four: 1st grand quarter: Russell quartering Azure, a tower argent (de la Tour); 2: Gules, three herrings hauriant argent (Herringham); 3: Sable, a griffin segreant between three cross crosslets argent (Froxmere); 4: Sable, three chevronels ermine with a crescent for difference (Wyse)
The Conservatives were divided between Protectionists, led by Lord Stanley, and a minority of free-trade Tories, known also as Liberal Conservatives or the Peelites for their leader, former prime minister Sir Robert Peel. This left the Whigs, led by Prime Minister Lord John Russell, in a position to continue in government. [2]
After the fall of the second of Lord Derby's short-lived attempts at governments in 1859, Palmerston returned to power, this time in alliance with his former rival, the Earl Russell, in what is regarded as the first Liberal government. Palmerston remained as Prime Minister until his death in 1865, when Russell succeeded him.
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792–1878), known as Lord John Russell before 1861, British prime minister; John Russell, Viscount Amberley (1842–1876), progressive Liberal MP; John Russell (diplomat) (1914–1984), British diplomat and ambassador; John Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford (1917–2002), British peer and writer