Opening of the book
Lord John Russell
Reproduced by permission from an
unpublished picture by G. F. Watts, R. A. in
the possession of the Dowager Countess
Russell at Pembroke Lodge, Richmond
Photogravure by Annan & Swan.
The Prime Ministers of Queen Victoria
EDITED BY
STUART J. REID
LORD JOHN RUSSELL
THE QUEEN’S PRIME MINISTERS
A SERIES OF POLITICAL BIOGRAPHIES.
EDITED BY
STUART J. REID
AUTHOR OF ‘THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SYDNEY SMITH.’
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