Lord John Russell by Stuart J. Reid (books that read to you .txt) 📕
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s connection to seek examples outside the House of Bedford, since the name of Lord William Russell in the seventeenth century and that of Lord John in the nineteenth stand foremost amongst the champions of civil and religious liberty. Hugh du Rozel, according to the Battle Roll, crossed from Normandy in the train of the Conqueror. In the reign of Henry III. the first John Russell of note was a small landed proprietor in Dorset, and held the post of Constable of Corfe Castle. William Russell, in the year of Edward II.'s accession, was returned to Parliament, and his lineal descendant, Sir John Russell, was Speaker of the House of Commons in the days of Henry VI. The real founder, however, of the fortunes of the family was the third John Russell who is known to history. He was the son of the Speaker, and came to honour and affluence by a happy chance. Stress of weather drove Philip, Archduke of Austria and, in right of his wife, King of Castile, during a voyage from Flanders to Spain in the year 1506, to take r
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335-339
Leech, John, 192, 241
Leeds, unrepresented in the House of Commons, 23, 38, 60, 71, 296
‘Letters written for the Post, and not for the Press,’ question of authorship of, 279, 280
Lewis, Sir George Cornewall, 210, 226, 238;
Chancellor of the Exchequer in Lord Palmerston’s Ministry, 258;
on Lord John Russell’s speech announcing his resignation (1855), 265, 295
Lhuys, M. Drouyn de, 261, 262
Lincoln, President, assassination of, 325
Lister, Sir Villiers, 348
Littleton, Mr. (afterwards Lord Hatherton), and the Irish Title Bill, 93;
and the Coercion Act, 97
Liverpool, Lord, 21, 33, 50, 63
Llandaff, Bishop of, and the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, 57
London University, 106, 107;
proposed enfranchisement of, 296
Londonderry, Marquis of, 79
Louis Philippe, overthrow and flight of, 163, 171;
and the Spanish marriages, 171
Lowe, Mr., 327, 329, 332
Luddites, riots of the, 32
Lyndhurst, Lord, and Jewish Lord Chancellors, 291
Lyons, Sir Edmund, 252
Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwer, 208, 265
Macaulay, Lord, 141;
urges Lord John Russell to take office in the Coalition Ministry, 204
Mackintosh, Sir James, 25, 39, 53
Magenta, battle of, 303
Malmesbury, Lord, 137
Maltby, Dr., Bishop of Durham, and Lord John Russell’s ‘Durham Letter,’ 184
Manchester, unrepresented in the House of Commons, 23, 38, 51, 60, 71, 126, 155;
creation of bishopric of, 160, 296
Martineau, Harriet, 129
Maule, Fox, 141
Maynooth College, 127-130
Mazzini, 300
McCarthy, Mr. Justin, on the attitude of the Catholics towards Lord John Russell, 188
Melbourne, Lord, becomes Prime Minister, 99;
dismissed by William IV., 100, 101;
again Prime Minister, 104;
Queen Victoria’s regard for him, 108, 109;
characteristics, 108, 170;
opinion of the ballot, 109;
resigns, but is recalled to power, 114;
his recognition of Russell’s influence as leader in the Commons, 120;
blunders of his Government, 122;
defeat of his Government, 123, 144
Melville, Lord, 8
‘Memoirs of the Affairs of Europe from the Peace of Utrecht,’ by Lord John Russell, 275
Memorandum, Secret, 216, 225
Menschikoff, Prince, 223, 224
Metternich, 171, 300
Miall, Edward, 242
Militia Bill, the, 194, 195
Milton, Lord, 23
Mitchel, John, 157, 158
Moldavia and Wallachia, occupation by Russia of, 224, 229, 259
Monson, Lord, 23
Moore, Thomas, his ‘Remonstrance,’ 34;
accompanies Lord John Russell to the Continent, 36;
extracts from his journal, 37, 39, 41;
anxiety as to Lord John’s politics, 52;
on Lord John’s success with his motion for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, 58;
and Lardner’s Encyclopædia, 91;
Russell’s ‘Memoirs and Correspondence’ of Moore, 204, 272, 278
Morpeth, Lord, 141
Municipal Reform Act, 90, 104
Napoleon I., Lord Russell’s boyish hatred of, 9;
Lord John’s interview with him at Elba, 28-31;
his description of Wellington, 30;
opinions on European politics, &c., 29-31;
and Talma, 37
Napoleon III., 167;
and the Coup d’État of 1851, 179;
and the fear of his invading England, 194;
and the custody of the Holy Places, 218;
his alliance with England during the Crimean War, 262;
visit to England (1855), 267;
interview with Count Cavour, 302;
designs with regard to Italy, 303, 304;
and the Peace of Villafranca, 303
Navigation Acts, 197
Nesselrode, Count, 214, 215
New Zealand becomes part of the British dominions, 117, 199
Newcastle, Duke of, 207, 232;
unpopularity as Secretary for War, 244, 249, 250;
incapacity as War Minister, 245
Newman, Dr., 161, 182
Nicholas, Emperor, his ambitious projects, 213, 214;
visit to England in 1844 and the Secret Memorandum, 215, 216;
friendship with Lord Aberdeen, 217;
letter to Queen Victoria, 230;
‘Generals Janvier et Février,’ 259;
death, 259
Nightingale, Miss Florence, 250
Nonconformists: the Indemnity Bill, 51;
agitation for repeal of Test and Corporation Acts and their repeal moved and carried by Lord John Russell, 53-57;
the Marriage Bill and Registration Act, 106;
and the struggle for civil and religious liberty, 184;
deputation to Lord Russell, 366
Normanby, Lord, 116, 179, 180
Northcote, Sir Stafford, 369
Nottingham Castle, 79
‘Nun of Arrouca, The,’ 278
O’Brien, Smith, 140, 157, 158
O’Connell, Daniel, 53;
his election for Clare, 58, 90, 92;
on the revenues of the Irish Church, 97;
and the Coercion Bill, 97, 99, 140, 146;
and Lord John Russell, 147;
and the potato famine, 149, 158
O’Connor, Feargus, 165-168
Old Sarum, 23, 71
Oltenitza, battle of, 230
Omar Pacha, 230
Opium war, the, 121
Orloff, Count, 214
Orsini conspiracy, the, 289, 290
Oxford Movement, the, 161, 182-186, 189
Palmerston, Lord, 21, 56, 119;
and the despatch to Metternich, 120;
Foreign Secretary under Lord John Russell, 141;
compared with Russell, 144;
early official life and politics, 169;
his independent action, 169, 174, 175, 177;
his despatch to France on the Spanish marriages, 171;
foreign policy, 173, 174;
despatch to Sir H. Bulwer at Madrid, 174;
and the ‘Don Pacifico’ affair, 175;
popularity, 177;
and the Queen’s instructions, 178;
and the Kossuth incident, 179;
and the Coup d’État in Paris (1851), 179;
dismissed from the Foreign Office, 180;
declines the Irish Viceroyalty, 181;
his amendment on the Militia Bill, 195;
offered a seat in Lord Derby’s Cabinet, 201;
Home Secretary under Lord Aberdeen, 207;
urges the despatch of the fleet to the Bosphorus, 225;
resignation, and its withdrawal, 237, 238;
succeeds Lord Aberdeen as Prime Minister, 258;
and Count Buol’s proposals, 262, 263;
defeat on the ‘Arrow’ question and return to power after the General Election, 287;
defeat and resignation on the Conspiracy Bill, 290;
renewal of friendly relations with Russell, 293;
forms a Ministry on the defeat of Lord Derby, 293, 295;
indifference to Reform, 296;
on Cabinet opinions, 323;
death, 325;
Lord Lyttelton’s opinion of him, 326
Panmure, Lord, 243, 258
Papal aggression, and the decree of Pius IX., 182-184;
and the Durham Letter, 184-188
Paris, Treaty of, 268
Parliamentary representation before the era of Reform, 22, 23
Parnell, Sir H., 62
‘Partington, Dame,’ and Sydney Smith’s speech on Reform, 80
‘Peace with honour,’ 227, 349
Peel, Lady Georgiana, 357
Peel, Sir Robert, 21, 50;
leader of the House of Commons under the Duke of Wellington, 52;
opposes the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, 56;
and Catholic Emancipation, 58;
and the first Reform Bill, 69, 70, 73, 76, 83;
Prime Minister, 102;
resignation, 104;
and the Whig Ladies-in-Waiting, 114;
his motion of want of confidence in the Melbourne Administration, 122;
again Prime Minister, 123, 124;
characteristics, 126, 127;
and the grant to Maynooth College, 127, 128, 130;
on the state of Ireland, 128;
and the repeal of the Corn Laws, 131;
resignation and resumption of office, 134, 136;
proposes gradual repeal of Corn Laws, 138, 139;
defeat and resignation on the Coercion Bill, 140, 155;
and Lord Palmerston, 170;
death, 176, 177;
and the Emperor Nicholas, 215
Pélissier, General, 263, 267
Pembroke Lodge, 307, 351-353, 356, 357
Penal Code, the, before the era of Reform, 24, 48, 107
Peninsular Campaign, its costliness, 22
Penryn, 40, 51, 52
People’s Charter, the, 165
Peterloo Massacre, the, 38
Petty, Lord Henry (afterwards third Marquis of Lansdowne), 12
Pius IX., and his decree of 1850, 182, 183
Playfair, Professor John, 12
Polignac, Prince de, 60, 61
Polish revolt of 1863, 321
Poor Law Amendment Act (Ireland), 93, 107, 151
Poor Law Board, 160
Poor Laws, 89, 126
Potato famine, 130, 146, 148, 149
Prisons, regulation of, 107
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