The Right Honourable John Francis Stanley Russell, 2nd Earl Russell (1865 - 1931) was Bertrand Russell's elder brother. He was married three times, including Elizabeth von Arnim, who caricatured him in her novels. The Right Honourable (abbreviated The Rt Hon. ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Bertrand Russell Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS (18 May 1872—2 February 1970), was an influential British mathematician, philosopher, and logician, working mostly in the 20th century. ... Elizabeth von Arnim (August 31, 1866 - February 9, 1941) was a British novelist and, through marriage, a member of the German nobility. ...

His wives were Mary Edith Scott, who married him in 1890, tried to divorce him (and lost) in 1891, sued for restoration of conjugal rights in 1894. He requested a judicial separation in 1895, but she appealed and it was overturned.

He married Marion Cooke Somerville in the United States, in 1900, and was convicted of bigamy in the House of Lords 18 July 1901. He was sentenced to only three months in prison, on account of the "extreme torture" he had suffered in his first marriage. The first Countess Russell had already obtained a divorce, and he married Mrs. Somerville 31 October 1901 - three days after it became absolute. This article is about the British House of Lords. ... July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

His second wife divorced him in 1915, and he married Elizabeth von Arnim the next year. They separated in 1919. Elizabeth von Arnim (August 31, 1866 - February 9, 1941) was a British novelist and, through marriage, a member of the German nobility. ...

He was also the first peers to join the Labour Party and Labour Leader in the House of Lords. He was Undersecretary of State for Transport and for India in Ramsay Macdonald's government. The Labour Party is the principal centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ...

He supported his brother's pacifism, and was a close friend of George Santayana. George Santayana George Santayana (16 December 1863–26 September 1952), was a philosopher, essayist, poet and novelist, best known for the oft-quoted statement, Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it, from The Life of Reason. ...