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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.
John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford KG PC JP (c. 1485 – 14 March 1555) was an English royal minister in the Tudor era. He served variously as Lord High Admiral and Lord Privy Seal . Among the lands and property he was given by Henry VIII after the Dissolution of the Monasteries , were the Abbey and town of Tavistock , and the area that is now ...
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One of the major problems facing the government was the Great Irish Famine (1845–1849), which Russell failed to deal with effectively. Another problem was the maverick Foreign Secretary Lord Palmerston, who was eventually forced to resign in December 1851 after recognising the coup d'état of Louis Napoleon without first seeking royal approval.
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (36 P) R. Bertrand Russell (2 C, 41 P) Pages in category "Earls Russell" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
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 (colonial administrator) (1670–1735), administrator of the English East India Company; John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (1710–1771), British statesman; John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (1766–1839), Knight of the Garter; John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792–1878), known as Lord John Russell before 1861, British prime minister
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell. The first Earl was succeeded by his grandson the second Earl, the eldest son of John Russell, Viscount Amberley. He was one of the first peers to join the Labour Party and he held office under Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald as Under-Secretary of State for India from 1929 to 1931.