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Frank Russell (1865–1931)

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Canonical name
Russell, Frank
Legal name
Russell, John Francis Stanley
Other names
2nd Earl Russell
Birthdate
1865-08-12
Date of death
1931-03-03
Burial location
ashes scattered at Telegraph House, West Sussex, England, UK
Gender
male
Nationality
UK
Birthplace
Nether Alderley, Cheshire, England, UK
Place of death
Marseilles, France
Places of residence
London, England, UK
Education
Balliol College, University of Oxford
Winchester College
Occupations
barrister
politician
Relationships
Russell, Bertrand (brother)
von Armin, Elizabeth (3rd wife)
Santayana, George (friend)
Organizations
House of Lords
Reform Club
Gray's Inn (1905)
Fabian Society
Short biography
John Francis Stanley Russell, 2nd Earl Russell ( 1865 - 1931 ) was Bertrand Russell 's elder brother and grandson of former prime minister , John Russell, 1st Earl Russell . He was married three times, including Elizabeth von Arnim , who caricatured him in her novels.
His first wife was 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.
Russell married Marion Cooke Somerville , his second wife, 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.
His second wife divorced him in 1915, and he married Elizabeth von Arnim the next year. They separated in 1919.
Russell was the first peer to join the Labour Party and was Labour's Leader in the House of Lords . He was Undersecretary of State for Transport and for India in Ramsay Macdonald 's government. He supported his brother's pacifism, and was a close friend of George Santayana.

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