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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.
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)
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.
Lord John Russell: July 1846 – February 1852 Lord Chancellor: ... Name Date Notes Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons:
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
Lord Russell is a form of address used for several different members of the ... John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792–1878), British Prime Minister; Lord George ...
Russell's paternal grandfather, Lord John Russell, later 1st Earl Russell (1792–1878), had twice been Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the 1840s and 1860s. [25] A member of Parliament since the early 1810s, he met with Napoleon Bonaparte in Elba. [26]
Because Jews were at that point still barred from sitting in the chamber due to the Christian oath required to be sworn in, Prime Minister Lord John Russell introduced a Jewish Disabilities Bill to remove the problem with the oath. [9] In 1848, the bill was approved by the House of Commons but was twice rejected by the House of Lords. [10]