Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878
on the Conspiracy Bill, 289, 290;
supports Lord Derby in passing the India Bill, 290;
thanked by Jews for his aid in removing their disabilities, 291;
attacks Disraeli's Reform Bill, 292;
renewal of friendly intercourse with Palmerston, 293;
relations with Cobden and Bright, 294;
joins Palmerston's Administration (1859) as Foreign Secretary, 295;
introduces a new Reform Bill, 296;
raised to the Peerage, 297;
acquires the Ardsalla estate, and receives the Garter, 298;
his work at the Foreign Office, 299, 300;
intervention in Italian affairs, 304, 339;
protests against the annexation of Savoy by France, 305;
receives Garibaldi at Pembroke Lodge, 307;
his reception in Italy, 307;
and the 'Trent' affair, 311;
and the 'Alabama' case, 313-319, 341;
on the Polish revolt, 321;
and the Schleswig-Holstein difficulty, 322, 323;
as Foreign Secretary, 323, 324;
on Palmerston's vivacity, 325;
second Premiership on the death of Palmerston, 325;
tribute to Lord Palmerston, 327;
defeated on the questions of Reform and Redistribution of Seats,
331;
Mr. Lecky's reminiscences of him, 335-339;
relations with colleagues and opponents, 336, 337, 347;
speech on the maintenance of the independence of Belgium, 340;
letter on the claims of the Vatican, 341, 342;
letters to the 'Times' on the government of Ireland, 343;
and Home Rule, 338, 343, 344;
independent attitude towards the throne, 344;
relations with Lord Aberdeen, 346, 347;
Lord Selborne's impressions of him, 345;
his private secretaries' impressions of him, 347, 348;
life at Pembroke Lodge, 351-353;
stories about doctors, 350;
visit of Bulgarian delegates, 352;
friendships, 355;
his use of patronage, 355;
his children, 356;
home life, and his children's reminiscences, 356-361;
Dr. Anderson's recollections, 361;
a meeting with Carlyle, 362;
Lord Dufferin's recollections, 363;
religious faith, 364;
interview with Spurgeon, 365;
at Cheshunt College, 365;
Nonconformist deputation, 366;
'Golden Wedding,' 367;
death, 367;
opinion of Lord Shaftesbury, 368;
a remark of Sir Stafford Northcote's, 369
Russell, Hon. Rollo, 360, 367
Russell, William, Member of Parliament in the reign of Edward II., 2
Russell, Lord William (of the seventeenth century), 1;
Lord John Russell's Biography of him, 274
Russell, Lord William, Lord John Russell's brother, 6;
wounded at Talavera, 14, 34;
letter to Lord John, 49
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