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Reproduced by permission from an unpublished picture by G. F. Watts, R. A. in thepossession of the Dowager Countess Russell at Pembroke Lodge, Richmond
Photogravure by Annan & Swan.
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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THE EARL OF BEACONSFIELD, K.G. By J. A. Froude, D.C.L.(Seventh Edition.)
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VISCOUNT MELBOURNE. By Henry Dunckley, LL.D. (‘Verax.’)
III.
SIR ROBERT PEEL. By Justin McCarthy, M.P.
IV.
THE RIGHT HON. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P. By G. W. E.Russell. (Twelfth Thousand.)
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THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY. By H. D. Traill, D.C.L. (SecondEdition.)
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VISCOUNT PALMERSTON. By the Marquis of Lorne. (SecondEdition.)
VII.
THE EARL OF DERBY. By George Saintsbury.
VIII.
THE EARL OF ABERDEEN. By Lord Stanmore.
IX.
LORD JOHN RUSSELL. By Stuart J. Reid.
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BY
STUART J. REID
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