Lord Russell

The Right Honourable Conrad Sebastian Robert Russell, 5th Earl Russell (15 April 1937–14 October 2004) was a British historian and politician. He was a son of the philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell, and a great-grandson of the 19th-century British Whig Prime Minister Lord John Russell. Used with permission courtesey of the Liberal Democrats - see Wikipedia:Pictures from libdems. ... Used with permission courtesey of the Liberal Democrats - see Wikipedia:Pictures from libdems. ... The Right Honourable (abbreviated The Rt Hon. ... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wikisource has original works written by or about: Bertrand Russell Writings available online [http://www005. ... While the Whigs (along with the Tories) are often described as one of the two political parties in late 17th to mid 19th century Great Britain, it is more accurate to describe them as loose political groupings or tendencies. ... Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister A prime minister may be either: chief or leading member of the cabinet of the top-level government in a country having a parliamentary system of government; or the official, in countries with a semi-presidential system of government, appointed to manage the... John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (August 18, 1792 - May 28, 1878), known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was a Whig politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century. ...

Educated at Eton and Merton College, Oxford, Conrad Russell was one of the world's leading authorities 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. The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is an independent school for boys. ... College name The House of Scholars of Merton Named after Walter de Merton Established 1264 Sister College Cock Warden Prof Dame Jessica Rawson and Tom de Furlong esq. ... This article discusses liberalism as a major political ideology as it developed and stands currently, rather than specific ideologies contained to specific countries. ... In politics, the term liberal refers to: an adherent of the ideology of liberalism or a state or quality of this ideology. ...

Academic career

Russell was a prominent historian on the origins of the English Civil War. His major works include Crisis of Parliaments: English history 1509-1660 (1971), Origins of the English Civil War (edited, 1973), Parliaments and English politics, 1621-1629 (1979), Unrevolutionary England, 1603-1642 (1990), and Fall of the British monarchies, 1637-1642 (1991). Russell argued that the English civil war was much less a result of longterm constitutional conflicts than had previously been thought, and that its origins are to be sought rather in the immediate years preceding the outbreak of war in 1642. The term English Civil War (or Wars) refers to the series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 until 1651. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... This article is about the year. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 4 - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. ...

He was Lecturer (and later Reader) in History at Bedford College, University of London (now part of Royal Holloway), 1960-1979; Professor of History at Yale University, USA, 1979-1984; Astor Professor of British History at University College London, 1984-1990; and Professor of British History at King's College London from 1990 to his retirement in 2003. Bedford College was founded in London, England, in 1849 as a higher education college for the education of women. ... Senate House, designed by Charles Holden home to the universitys central administrative offices and its library The University of London is a federation of colleges and institutes which together constitute one of the worlds largest universities. ... Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL) is one of the seven larger colleges of the University of London. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... University College London, commonly known as UCL, is one of the colleges that make up the University of London. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Kings College London in London is the largest and second longest member college in the federal University of London, with 21,500 registered students. ... This article is about the year. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Political career

As a young man, Conrad Russell's political allegiance varied between the Labour Party and the then very weak Liberals. He stood as the Labour candidate in Paddington South in the 1966 general election, but failed to win the seat from the Conservatives. The Labour Party is the principal centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as... The UK general election in 1966 was called by Harold Wilson because his government, elected in the 1964 election, had an unworkably small majority. ...

He succeeded to the title of the 5th Earl Russell on the death of his half brother, John Conrad Russell, in 1987. He was the first parliamentarian to take his seat as a Liberal Democrat, shortly after the party was formed in 1988 from a merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party. The title Earl Russell, of Kingston Russell in the County of Dorset, was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1861 for Lord John Russell, the foreign secretary and former Prime Minister. ... John Conrad Russell, 4th Earl Russell (November 16, 1921 - December 16, 1987) was the eldest son of the famous philosopher and mathematician, Bertrand Russell, great-grandson of the 19th century British Whig Prime Minister Lord John Russell, and half-brother of the historian Conrad Russell. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as... The Social Democratic Party (SDP) was a United Kingdom political party that existed as a national party between 1981 and 1990. ...

Russell was at various times his party's spokesman on home affairs, youth affairs, and work and pensions.

In 1999, all but 92 hereditary peers were removed from the House of Lords. Lord Russell was elected at the top of his party's list of hereditary peers to retain their seats, though he had consistently argued in favour of abolishing the Lords completely, and replacing it with an elected senate. 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Peerage in the United Kingdom includes several hereditary peers, as well as life peers. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ...

He was a frequent contributor to debates, much respected on all sides of the house, and well known for sprinkling his speeches with historical analogies. In 1996, he was awarded the Highland Park/Spectator Peer of the Year award. 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Spectator is a British conservative political magazine, established 1828, published weekly. ...

He was vice-president of the Liberal Democrat Youth and Students 1993-1994 and honorary president of the Liberal Democrat History Group 1998-2004. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Books

Published works include:

• The Crisis of Parliaments 1603-1660 (1971)
• The Causes of the English Civil War (1990)
• The fall of the British Monarchies (1991)
• An Intelligent Person's Guide to Liberalism (1999)

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External links

• Guardian obituary

Succession