Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Conrad Sebastian Robert Russell, 5th Earl Russell was a British historian and politician. His parents were the philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell and Patricia Russell. He was also a great-grandson of the 19th century British Whig Prime Minister Lord John Russell. Educated at Eton and Merton College, Oxford, Conrad Russell was one of the world's leading authorities 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.