Edward Russell, 26th Baron de Clifford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetEdward Russell, 26th Baron de Clifford
British Army officer
Date of Birth: 31-Jan-1907
Place of Birth: London
Date of Death: 03-Jan-1982
Profession: engineer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Edward Russell, 26th Baron de Clifford
- Lieutenant Colonel Edward Southwell Russell, 26th Baron de Clifford, (31 January 1907 – 3 January 1982), was the only son of Jack Southwell Russell, 25th Baron de Clifford, and Eva Carrington. In 1935 he became the last peer to be tried in the House of Lords for a felony, manslaughter, the result of a car accident.
- He was found not guilty.
- He lost his father to a road accident; in his maiden speech in 1928 in the House of Lords he called for mandatory driving tests.
- Later he spoke for speed limits, both of which measures were introduced in 1934.
- He was one of four peers to have at times before 1945 supported Sir Oswald Mosley and his British Union of Fascists.
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