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William
Lamb
2
nd
Viscount Melbourne (1828 - 1848)
2
nd
Baron Melbourne (1828 - 1848)
3
rd
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
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