- Né le 18 août 1792 à Londres
- Décédé le 28 mai 1878, à l'âge de 85 ans
Parents
- John Russell (1766 - 1839), Duke of Bedford, Member of Parliament for Tavistock, privy counsellor
- Georgiana Byng (1768 - 1801)
Famille
- Marié le 11 avril 1835, avec Adelaide Lister (1807 - 1838), dont
- Victoria (1838 - 1880)
- Marié le 20 juillet 1841, avec Frances Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (1815 - 1898), dont
- John (1842 - 1876)
Occupations
- prime minister of the United Kingdom (1865 - 1866, 1846 - 1852)
- leader of the Opposition (1866 - 1868, 1852)
- secretary of State for foreign affairs (1859 - 1865, 1852 - 1853)
- secretary of State for the Colonies (1855)
- Lord President of the Council (1854 - 1855)
- secretary of State for War and the Colonies (1839 - 1841)
- home secretary (1835 - 1839)
- privy counsellor
- member of the House of Lords
Distinctions
- most noble order of the Garter
- fellowship of the Royal Society
- order of Saint Michael and Saint George