Melbourne William Lamb Second Viscount 1779-1848 Born In London


England. Educated at Eton, Cambridge, and Glasgow. Entered Parliament,

1805; Irish secretary under Canning, 1827, and under Wellington, 1828;

and in 1830-1834 home secretary under Grey; for a few months in 1834,

prime minister. In 1835 again became prime minister and retained office

for six years; from 1837 to 1841 acted as adviser to the young Queen

Victoria. =Index=: (Lord Sydenham era) Becomes prime minister, 45; dismissed by the

king, 45; recalled to power, 46; weakness of his government, 47; his

estimate of Poulett Thomson, 6; resigns, 56; returns to office, 57;

Cabinet reorganized, 57. (Wilmot era) Negotiations re New Brunswick crown

lands, 37. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat. Biog.; Letters of Queen Victoria.



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