Earl Russell (John Russell)

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British politician Prime Minister of the United Kingdom human

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.

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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 (UK) →
monarchDuringTerm	Queen Victoria →
mother	Georgiana Byng →
movement	British liberalism →
nobleTitle	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 →
placeOfDeath	Richmond Park → Surrey →
positionHeld	Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom → Home Secretary of the United Kingdom → Leader of the House of Commons → Leader of the Liberal Party (UK) → Member of Parliament → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
precededBy	Sir Robert Peel (as Prime Minister, first term) → Viscount Palmerston (as Prime Minister, second term) →
religion	Anglicanism →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Adelaide Lister → Lady Frances Anna Maria Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound →
succeededBy	The Earl of Derby (as Prime Minister, first term) → The Earl of Derby (as Prime Minister, second term) →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell ("Earl Russell") → John Russell, 4th Earl Russell ("Earl Russell") →	nobleTitle
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell ("Russell") →	familyName
Liberal Party (UK) →	notableLeader
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby ("Earl Russell") →	precededByAsPrimeMinister