Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell
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Educated at Eton (King's Scholar) and Merton College, Oxford, Conrad Russell was an academic historian working 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.
After his death from complications of emphysema, Russell was succeeded as Earl by his elder son, Nicholas, who died in 2014 and was succeeded as Earl by his brother, John, who is also a politician. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: 1993.