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William Lamb, II vizconde de Melbourne, miembro del Consejo Privado del Reino Unido, y de la Royal Society (15 de marzo de 1779-24 de noviembre de 1848), normalmente conocido como Lord Melbourne, fue un hombre de estado británico del partido Whig que sirvió como ministro del Interior o Home Secretary entre 1830-1834 y como primer ...
26 de mar. de 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.
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- What was Lord Melbourne famous for?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...
- How was Lord Melbourne educated?William Lamb (later Lord Melbourne) was educated at Eton College and at the University of Cambridge. He was called to the bar in 1804.
- How did Lord Melbourne die?Lord Melbourne was permanently weakened by a stroke on October 23, 1842, and died six years later.
Over the next four years, Melbourne trained her in the art of politics, and the two became friends: Victoria was quoted as saying she considered him like a father (her own had died when she was eight months old), and Melbourne's son had died at a young age.
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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. The couple separated in 1825, years after Lady Caroline’s public affair with poet Lord Byron.
The second son of Peniston Lamb, first Viscount Melbourne, he followed a normal early life for sons of Whig magnates Eton, Cambridge University, and education for a legal profession. Politics came naturally into his life, but was not his only interest.
He was succeeded by his son, Peniston, the second Baronet, who sat as Member of Parliament for Ludgershall, Malmesbury and Newport, Isle of Wight, and who, in 1770, was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Lord Melbourne, Baron of Kilmore, in the County of Cavan.
15 de mar. de 2013 · Born William Lamb, in 1805 he succeeded his elder brother as heir to his father’s title. Now known as Lord Melbourne, he married Lady Caroline Ponsonby.
