Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell
Historian, Politician
1937 – 2004
Who was Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell?
Conrad Sebastian Robert Russell, 5th Earl Russell was a British historian and politician. His parents were the philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell and his third wife Patricia Russell. He was also a great-grandson of the 19th century British Whig Prime Minister Lord John Russell.
Educated at Eton and Merton College, Oxford, Conrad Russell was an academic historian working on 17th century British history, having extensively written and lectured on parliamentary struggles of the period. Russell was also a passionate advocate of liberalism, from a long family line of distinguished liberals.
After his death from complications of emphysema, Russell was succeeded as Earl by his son, Nicholas Lyulph. Another son, John Francis, is also a politician.
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- Born
- Apr 15, 1937
Harting - Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Merton College, Oxford
- Eton College
- Died
- Oct 14, 2004
London
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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