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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.
Mar 15, 2013 · 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 Queen Victoria.
Learn about William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, twice serving former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1834 - 1834 and 1835 - 1841.
illiam Lamb, the 2nd Viscount Melbourne and Queen Victoria's first Prime Minister, was born in 1779. His family was part of the aristocratic Whig society that reached a peak in the late 1700s. Its members reveled in non-stop politics, partying, gambling, and infidelity.
Jun 28, 2024 · Lord 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.
Mar 2, 2022 · William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (21 March 1779 – 24 November 1848) was a British Whig politician who served twice as Prime Minister in the mid-19th century. He is best known for his intense and successful mentoring of Queen Victoria, who was still a teenager when she ascended the throne.
Jun 8, 2018 · The English statesman William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848), served as prime minister in 1834 and from 1835 to 1841. He was the stern suppressor of early trade unionism and the political mentor of the young Queen Victoria.
