1st Earl Russell

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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.

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instanceOf British politician
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Whig statesman
human
burialPlace Westminster Abbey NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath bronchitis
child Francis Russell NERFINISHED
George Russell NERFINISHED
John Russell, Viscount Amberley NERFINISHED
Lady Emma Russell NERFINISHED
Lady Georgiana Russell NERFINISHED
Lady Victoria Russell NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain NERFINISHED
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1792-08-18
dateOfDeath 1878-05-28
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica NERFINISHED
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography NERFINISHED
educatedAt Edinburgh University (informal study) NERFINISHED
Westminster School
endTime first term as Prime Minister: 1852
second term as Prime Minister: 1866
familyName Russell NERFINISHED
father John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford NERFINISHED
givenName John NERFINISHED
grandfatherOf Bertrand Russell NERFINISHED
headOfGovernment United Kingdom NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
ideology classical liberalism
parliamentary reformism
knownFor advocacy of parliamentary reform
leading role in passing the Great Reform Act
promotion of religious liberty
support for Catholic emancipation
support for the Reform Act 1832
support for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts
languageSpoken English
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK) NERFINISHED
Whig Party NERFINISHED
monarchDuringTerm Queen Victoria NERFINISHED
mother Georgiana Byng NERFINISHED
nobleTitle 1st Earl Russell NERFINISHED
notableWork Essays and Sketches of Life and Character NERFINISHED
Letter to the Electors of Stroud NERFINISHED
parliamentaryTerm MP for Bandon
MP for Devon
MP for Huntingdon
MP for Tavistock
MP for the City of London
placeOfBirth Grosvenor Square NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London
placeOfDeath Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park NERFINISHED
portrait Portrait of Lord John Russell by Francis Grant
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer (acting) NERFINISHED
Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
Home Secretary of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
Leader of the House of Commons
Leader of the House of Lords NERFINISHED
Member of Parliament
Paymaster of the Forces NERFINISHED
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies NERFINISHED
relative Bertrand Russell NERFINISHED
religion Anglicanism
residence London, England
surface form: London

Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park NERFINISHED
signature Signature of John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
spouse Adelaide Lister NERFINISHED
Lady Frances Anna Maria Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound NERFINISHED
startTime first term as Prime Minister: 1846
second term as Prime Minister: 1865

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John nobleTitle 1st Earl Russell
subject surface form: John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
Earl Russell titleHolderStyle 1st Earl Russell
this entity surface form: The Right Honourable the Earl Russell