The title of Earl Russell was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1861 for Lord John Russell, the foreign secretary and former Prime Minister.

The Earl holds the subsidiary title of Viscount Amberley. Other than the 1st Earl, famous earls have included the philosopher Bertrand Russell, the 3rd Earl, and the current 5th earl, Conrad Russell, a noted historian of 17th century England.

Earls Russell (1861)

• John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878)
• John Francis Stanley Russell, 2nd Earl Russell (1865-1931)
• Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (1872-1970)
• John Conrad Russell, 4th Earl Russell (1921-1987)
• Conrad Sebastian Robert Russell, 5th Earl Russell (b. 1937)

his son and heir: Nichols Kyulph Russell, Viscount Amberley (b. 1968)