William Lamb
2nd Viscount Melbourne (1828 - 1848)
2nd Baron Melbourne (1828 - 1848)
3rd Baronet Lamb of Brocket Hall (1828 - 1848)
2nd Baron Melbourne (1828 - 1848)
3rd Baronet Lamb of Brocket Hall (1828 - 1848)
- Born on March 15, 1779 in London
- Deceased on November 24, 1848, at the age of 69 years
Parents
- Peniston Lamb (1745 - 1828), Viscount Melbourne, Member of Parliament for Ludgershall, Member of Parliament for Malmesbury
- Elizabeth Milbanke (1751 - 1818)
Family
- Married on June 3, 1805, with Caroline Ponsonby (1785 - 1828), issuing
- George Augustus Frederick (1807 - 1836)
Occupations
- Chief Secretary for Ireland Secretary for Ireland (1827 - 1828)
- home secretary (1830 - 1834)
- prime minister of the United Kingdom of the United Kingdom (1834)
- leader of the House of Lords of the House of Lords (1834)
- prime minister of the United Kingdom (1835 - 1841)
- leader of the House of Lords (1835 - 1841)
- Member of Parliament for Leominster (1806)
- Member of Parliament for Haddington Burghs (1806 - 1807)
- Member of Parliament for Portarlington (1807 - 1812)
- Member of Parliament for Peterborough (1816 - 1819)
- Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire (1819 - 1826)
- Member of Parliament for Newport (Isle of Wight) (1827)
- Member of Parliament for Bletchingley (1827 - 1828)
- leader of the British Whig Party (1834 - 1842)
- privy counsellor
Distinctions
- fellowship of the Royal Society
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- Putative Father : George O'Brien Wyndham (1751 - 1837), Earl of Egremont