Beacon Lights of History Volume 10 Author:John Lord Lord John Russell was selected by the government to introduce the bill into the House of Commons. He was not regarded as the ablest of the Whig statesmen who had promised reform. His person was not commanding, and his voice was thin and feeble; but he was influential among the aristocracy as being a brother of the Duke of Bedford, head of a most... more » illustrious house, and he had no enemies among the popular elements...« less