Preceded by Robert Peel (1841-1846) 2nd Term |
32nd Prime Minister of Great Britain 1846-1852 |
Succeeded by Edward George Geoffrey Stanley (1852) 1st term |
Preceded by Henry John Temple (1859-1865) 2nd Term |
38th Prime Minister of Great Britain 1865-1866 |
Succeeded by Edward George Geoffrey Stanley (1866-1868) 3rd term |
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC, FRS (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878), known by his courtesy title 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.
He was born on the 18th of August 1792 at Mayfair, third son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford and Georgiana Byng, daughter of George Byng, 4th Viscount Torrington. He m.(1) 11 April 1835 Adelaide Lister (b. 12 Sep 1807; widow of her second cousin Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale; d. 1 Nov 1838), and (2) 20 July 1841 Lady Frances Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (b. 15 Nov 1815; d. 17 Jan 1898), da. Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Earl of Minto.
Lord John Russell died at Richmond Park, Surrey, on 28 May 1878 (aged 85).
Children of John Russell, 1st Earl Russell and Adelaide Lister
Children of John Russell, 1st Earl Russell and Lady Frances Anna Maria Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound
John was born in 1782. He passed away in 1878.
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