Bertrand Russell's grandfather was Lord John Russell, 2-time Prime Minister & 2-time Foreign Minister of Britain (including thru the US Civil War), crusader for democratic reform & Catholic emancipation. A more distinguished, but also complex, legacy than that of his grandson.https://twitter.com/TamasGorbe/status/1259949702788845569 …
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Lord John Russell was one of the founders of the Liberal Party. A modest, scholarly man of good will but often poor judgment. Prime Minister for much of the Irish famine, which he handled terribly. Whipped up an anti-Catholic panic in a badly-judged fight with the Pope in 1850.
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The foundational difference between the statesman & his philosopher grandson was that the former was a devout Christian, the latter an equally devout atheist.
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