Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell Conrad Sebastian Robert Russell, 5th Earl Russell (15 April 1937 – 14 October 2004) was a British historian and politician. His parents were the philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell and his third wife Patricia Russell. He was also a great-grandson of the 19th century British Whig Prime Minister Lord John Russell. He succeeded to the earldom on the death of his half-brother, John Conrad Russell, on 16 December 1987. Both sons were named after their father's great friend Joseph Conrad, who was also the 4th Earl's godfather. Educated at Eton (King's Scholar) and Merton College,
John Russell, 7th Earl Russell of its kind in the UK and in 2012/3 delivered adventure to more than 38,000 children. Professionally, Russell has worked for some years as a freelance photographer, specializing in "political photography, event photography, charity commissions and landscapes". John Russell, 7th Earl Russell John Francis Russell, 7th Earl Russell, (born 19 November 1971) is a Liberal Democrat politician. He is the son of Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell, grandson of Bertrand Russell and great-great-grandson of John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1864 to 1865. He succeeded to the earldom on the death of