Baron Russell of Liverpool
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Baron Russell of Liverpool, of Liverpool in the County Palatine of Lancaster, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. It was created in 1919 for Sir Edward Russell
. He served as editor of the Liverpool Daily Post
for almost fifty years and also briefly represented Glasgow Bridgeton
in the House of Commons
as a Liberal
. His grandson, the second Baron, was a prominent lawyer. As Deputy Judge Advocate General to the British Army of the Rhine
he was one of the chief legal advisers during the war crimes trials held in Nuremberg and Tokyo at the end of the Second World War. the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded in 1981.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
. It was created in 1919 for Sir Edward Russell
Edward Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Liverpool
Edward Richard Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Liverpool , was a British journalist and Liberal politician.Russell was a newspaper man who also involved himself in politics. Born in London, he was largely self-made, rising to become Editor of the Liverpool Daily Post, a position he held for almost...
. He served as editor of the Liverpool Daily Post
Liverpool Daily Post
The Liverpool Daily Post is a newspaper published by Trinity Mirror in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is published Monday to Friday and is published in Merseyside, Cheshire, and North Wales editions, and is a morning paper...
for almost fifty years and also briefly represented Glasgow Bridgeton
Glasgow Bridgeton (UK Parliament constituency)
Glasgow Bridgeton was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Glasgow. From 1885 to 1974, it returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system....
in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
as a Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
. His grandson, the second Baron, was a prominent lawyer. As Deputy Judge Advocate General to the British Army of the Rhine
British Army of the Rhine
There have been two formations named British Army of the Rhine . Both were originally occupation forces in Germany, one after the First World War, and the other after the Second World War.-1919–1929:...
he was one of the chief legal advisers during the war crimes trials held in Nuremberg and Tokyo at the end of the Second World War. the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded in 1981.
Barons Russell of Liverpool (1919)
- Edward Richard Russell, 1st Baron Russell of LiverpoolEdward Russell, 1st Baron Russell of LiverpoolEdward Richard Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Liverpool , was a British journalist and Liberal politician.Russell was a newspaper man who also involved himself in politics. Born in London, he was largely self-made, rising to become Editor of the Liverpool Daily Post, a position he held for almost...
(1834–1920) - Edward Frederick Langley Russell, 2nd Baron Russell of LiverpoolEdward Russell, 2nd Baron Russell of LiverpoolEdward Frederick Langley Russell, 2nd Baron Russell of Liverpool C.B.E., M.C. , was a British soldier, lawyer and historian....
(1895–1981)- Hon. Langley Gordon Haslingden Russell
- Simon Gordon Jared Russell, 3rd Baron Russell of Liverpool (b. 1952)