1028 Edward Russell

Constituency  : Glasgow  Bridgeton  1885-87

Edward  was  the  first  MP  for  the  new  seat  of  Glasgow  Bridgeton.

Edward  was  a  self-made  man  ,  a  journalist  who rose  to  become  the  long-serving  editor  of  the  Liverpool  Daily  Post.  He  founded  the  Liverpool  Parliamentary  Debating  Society. He  spent  time  in  London  writing  parliamentary  reports  for  the  Morning  Star.  Through  this  he  came  to  know  many  of  the  leading  politicians  including  Gladstone.

Edward  resigned  his  seat  in  1887.

Edward  was  knighted  in  1893.

Edward  was  interested  in  the  theatre  and  published   works  on  Ibsen, Irving  and  Garrick.

Edeard  published  a  gossipy  memoir  That  Reminds  Me  in  1899.

In  1919  Edward  was  elevated  to  Baron  Russell  of  Liverpool.

He  died  in  1920  aged  85.