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\"1st Earl Russell\" John Russell Signed Free Frank Dated 1835:
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Up for sale a "1st Earl Russell" John Russell Hand Signed Free Frank Dated 1835.

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John Russell, 1st Earl 1792 – 28 May 1878), known by his courtesy

title Lord John Russell before 1861, was who

served as Prime

Minister of the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1852 and again from

1865 to 1866. The third son of the later 6th Duke of Bedford,

Russell was educated at Westminster School and

Edinburgh University, and represented various constituencies in the House of

Commons including the City of London. In 1828 he took a leading role in the

repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts which

discriminated against Protestant dissenters. In 1829 he was a leader in support

of Catholic emancipation. He

was a prominent leader in passing the Reform Act 1832. It was the first major reform of the

representative system in two centuries, and the first step on the road to

democracy and away from rule by the aristocracy and landed gentry. He favoured

reduction of the property qualifications to vote but never advocated universal

suffrage. He served in many high offices over the decades, including home

secretary and colonial Secretary under Lord

Melbourne; he was leader of the house under Lord

Aberdeen; he was foreign secretary under Aberdeen and Lord

Palmerston. He was outspoken on many issues, calling for the repeal

of the Corn Laws in 1845, denouncing the revival of Catholic

bishoprics in 1850, supporting Italian nationalism, and keeping the nation

neutral during the American Civil War. In the 1860s he sympathised with the

cause of Poland and Denmark, but took no action as prime minister. Over the

years he was closely associated with Palmerston, although there were stormy

times as when he helped force Palmerston out as Foreign Secretary in 1851, and

in revenge Palmerston defeated his government in 1852. Russell often acted

before building a consensus among his leadership team. He mishandled the reform

movement during the second premiership, and

left office only to watch Benjamin Disraeli carry a strong Reform Bill.

On the negative side, he headed a government that failed to deal

effectively with the Irish Famine, a disaster

which saw the loss of a quarter of Ireland's population. It has been said that

his ministry of 1846–1852 was

the ruin of the Whig party; it never composed a government again, and his ministry of 1865–1866 was

very nearly the ruin of the Liberal Party also.

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