William Lamb MP; 2nd Viscount Melbourne
Prime Minister 1834 and 1835-41
Biographies
Viscount Melbourne (William Lamb), 1779-1848
Right from his London birth on 15 March 1779, at Melbourne House in Piccadilly, William Lamb, second Viscount Melbourne, was at the centre of Whig social circles. 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 […]
Related History
William IV’s dismissal of the Whig administration in 1834
William IV's dismissal of Lord Melbourne's Whig government in November 1834 was the last time a British monarch tried to assert political authority by bringing down a government that had majority support in the House of Commons.
Related Journal Articles
‘When in doubt what should be done, do nothing’
Review of David Cecil, The Young Melbourne and Lord M (Phoenix Press, 2001).
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