The Earl Russell | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 3 February 1970 – 16 December 1987 Hereditary Peerage | |
Preceded by | The 3rd Earl Russell |
Succeeded by | The 5th Earl Russell |
Personal details | |
Born | 16 November 1921 |
Died | 16 December 1987 (aged 66) |
Spouse | Doniphan Lindsay |
Children | 3 |
Parent(s) | Bertrand Russell Dora Black |
Education | Dartington Hall School University of California Harvard University |
John Conrad Russell, 4th Earl Russell (16 November 1921 – 16 December 1987), styled Viscount Amberley from 1931 to 1970, was the eldest son of the philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell (the 3rd Earl) and his second wife, Dora Black. His middle name was a tribute to the writer Joseph Conrad, whom his father had long admired.[1] He was the great-grandson of the 19th-century British Whig Prime Minister Lord John Russell. He succeeded to the earldom on the death of his father on 2 February 1970.