Earl Russell (John Russell)

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Earl Russell (John Russell) was a prominent 19th-century British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister and played a key role in advancing parliamentary reform.

All labels observed (3)

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Earl Russell 3
Earl Russell (John Russell) canonical 1
Russell 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
human
burialPlace Chenies, Buckinghamshire
child George William Gilbert Russell
John Russell, Viscount Amberley
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1792-08-18
dateOfDeath 1878-05-28
educatedAt University of Edinburgh
Westminster School
familyName Russell
father John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford
givenName John
knownFor advocacy of parliamentary reform
opposition to the Corn Laws
role in the development of the Liberal Party
support for religious toleration
support for the Reform Act 1832
languageSpoken English
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
Whig Party
surface form: Whig Party (UK)
monarchDuringTerm Queen Victoria
mother Georgiana Byng
movement British liberalism
nobleTitle Earl Russell (John Russell) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Earl Russell
notableWork Letters to a Friend on the Present Crisis in the Affairs of the Country
Life of Charles James Fox
officeEnd 1852-02-21 (first term as Prime Minister)
1866-06-26 (second term as Prime Minister)
officeStart 1846-07-06 (first term as Prime Minister)
1865-10-29 (second term as Prime Minister)
placeOfBirth Grosvenor Square
London, England
surface form: London
placeOfDeath Richmond Park, Surrey, England
surface form: Richmond Park

Surrey
positionHeld Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
surface form: Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom

Home Secretary
surface form: Home Secretary of the United Kingdom

Leader of the House of Commons
Leader of the Liberal Party (UK)
Member of Parliament
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
precededBy Robert Peel
surface form: Sir Robert Peel (as Prime Minister, first term)

Lord Palmerston
surface form: Viscount Palmerston (as Prime Minister, second term)
religion Anglicanism
sexOrGender male
spouse Adelaide Lister
Frances Russell, Countess Russell
surface form: Lady Frances Anna Maria Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound
succeededBy The Earl of Derby (as Prime Minister, first term)
The Earl of Derby (as Prime Minister, first term)
surface form: The Earl of Derby (as Prime Minister, second term)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liberal Party (UK) notableLeader Earl Russell (John Russell)
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell familyName Earl Russell (John Russell)
this entity surface form: Russell
Earl Russell (John Russell) nobleTitle Earl Russell (John Russell) self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
this entity surface form: Earl Russell
John Russell, 4th Earl Russell nobleTitle Earl Russell (John Russell)
this entity surface form: Earl Russell
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby precededByAsPrimeMinister Earl Russell (John Russell)
this entity surface form: Earl Russell