John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

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British politician Earl in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Whig Party politician human

John Russell, 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.

Aliases (3)

Lord John Russell ×4
1st Earl Russell ×1
John Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ×1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British politician → Earl in the Peerage of the United Kingdom → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom → Whig Party politician → human →
burialPlace	St Michael’s Church, Chenies →
causeOfDeath	bronchitis →
child	Francis Albert Rollo Russell → George William Gilbert Russell → John Russell, Viscount Amberley →
constituencyRepresented	Bandon → City of London → Huntingdonshire → Stroud → Tavistock →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
dateOfBirth	1792-08-18 →
dateOfDeath	1878-05-28 →
educatedAt	Edinburgh University → University of Edinburgh → Westminster School →
elevationToPeerage	1861 →
familyName	Russell →
father	John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford →
firstTermAsPrimeMinisterEnd	1852 →
firstTermAsPrimeMinisterStart	1846 →
givenName	John →
grandfatherOf	Bertrand Russell →
hasTitle	Lord John Russell →
honorificPrefix	The Right Honourable →
ideology	liberalism →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	Liberal Party (UK) → Whig Party →
monarchDuringTerm	Queen Victoria →
mother	Georgiana Byng →
nobleTitle	1st Earl Russell →
notableAchievement	key role in passing the Reform Act 1832 → promotion of parliamentary reform in the United Kingdom →
notableWork	advocacy of the Reform Act 1832 →
parliamentaryGroup	Liberal Party (UK) → Whig Party →
placeOfBirth	Grosvenor Square → London →
placeOfDeath	Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park →
positionHeld	Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom → Home Secretary of the United Kingdom → Leader of the House of Commons → Leader of the Whig Party → Member of Parliament → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
relative	Bertrand Russell →
religion	Anglicanism →
residence	Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park →
secondTermAsPrimeMinisterEnd	1866 →
secondTermAsPrimeMinisterStart	1865 →
signature	Signature of John Russell, 1st Earl Russell →
spouse	Adelaide Lister → Frances Anna Maria Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Francis Albert Rollo Russell → George William Gilbert Russell → John Russell, Viscount Amberley →	father
Bertrand Russell → John Russell, 4th Earl Russell → John Russell, 4th Earl Russell ("John Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom") →	grandfather
George William Gilbert Russell → Georgiana Byng → John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford ("Lord John Russell") →	notableRelative
Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell → John Russell, 4th Earl Russell →	relative
Bertrand Russell →	grandparent
Georgiana Byng →	hasChild
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell ("Lord John Russell") →	hasTitle
Georgiana Byng →	motherOf
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell ("1st Earl Russell") →	nobleTitle
Whig Party ("Lord John Russell") →	notableMember
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby ("Lord John Russell") →	precededByAsPrimeMinister