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William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne PC, PC (Ire), FRS (15 March 1779 – 24 November 1848) was a British Whig politician who served as the Home Secretary and twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Mar 15, 2013 · Biography. Viscount Melbourne had 2 lives – the first as the cuckolded husband in one of the most scandalous affairs of the 19th century, and the second as senior statesman and mentor to...
The second Lord Melbourne ministry was formed in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland by the Viscount Melbourne in 1835. History. Lord Melbourne's second government came to power after Sir Robert Peel 's minority government resigned in 1835.
OfficeNameDatePrime Minister First Lord of the Treasury ...18 April 1835 – 30 August 1841 [a]18 April 183526 August 183921 April 1835Lord Melbourne was born William Lamb, allegedly the second of six children of the 1st Viscount Melbourne and his wife. Lamb married Lady Caroline Ponsonby (1805), who gave birth to their only surviving child, George Augustus Frederick, in 1807.
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- Lord Melbourne was the British prime minister from July 16 to November 14, 1834, and from April 18, 1835, to August 30, 1841. He was Queen Victoria...
- William Lamb (later Lord Melbourne) was educated at Eton College and at the University of Cambridge. He was called to the bar in 1804.
- Lord Melbourne was permanently weakened by a stroke on October 23, 1842, and died six years later.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (15 March 1779 – 24 November 1848) was a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Lamb was elected to Parliament in 1806 as a member of the Whig party. Lamb served as Irish Secretary in the government.
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Learn about William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, twice serving former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1834 - 1834 and 1835 - 1841.
