John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English Whig and Liberal politician Size:Large: 7 x 5in Trevor Brooking and Keith Robson

Trevor Brooking and Keith Robson

In May 1959

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Presented by William Camden

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English Whig and Liberal politician Size:Large: 7 x 5in Trevor Brooking and Keith RobsonJohn Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English Whig and Liberal politician, c1890. Russell (1792 1878) was known as Lord John Russell until 1861 when he was created Earl. He served two terms as Prime Minister, 1846 1852 and 1865 1866. He was the grandfather of the mathematician and philosopher Bertrand Russell. A lithograph from The Modern Portrait Gallery, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, London, Paris and New York, c1890.