Despite his landmark achievements in other respects, this Earl Russell is most famous for being tried for bigamy in 1901, after which he was known to Edwardian society as the "Wicked Earl".
This Earl Russell is most famous for being tried for bigamy in 1901. This was despite his landmark achievements in other respects. He was known to Edwardian society as the "Wicked Earl" after bigamy in 1901.