Lady John Russell: A Memoir with Selections from Her Diaries and Correspondence

CHAPTER X. 1859-66

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Death of Lord Minto--Lord John accepts peerage--American Civil War--Death of Lord Palmerston--Lord Russell Prime Minister--Reform Bill of 1866--Mr. Lowe and the "Adullamites"--Defeat and resignation of the Russell Government