John Russell, first earl Russell

(1792-1878)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878 NRA: Russell, Lord John (1792-1878) 1st Earl Russell, statesman DNB: Russell, John [formerly Lord John Russell], first Earl Russell (1792-1878), prime minister and author LBT ID: LdRusse1 VIAF ID: 44473781 LOC ID: n50022415	B/BAP: 1792-08-18 DIED: 1878-05-28
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English statesman, son of John Russell sixth duke of Bedford (1766-1839); he was author of Essay on the English Constitution (1821) and Memoirs of the Affairs of Europe (1824) and was Prime Minister (1865-66).
CORRESPONDENCE OF John Russell, first earl Russell: Sydney Smith to Lord John Russell, 3 April 1837 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Lord John Russel to Henry Tufnell, [1850] in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Lord John Russell to Samuel Rogers, 3 October 1850 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Samuel Rogers to Lord John Russell, 15 April 1852 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)