Archive for viscount melbourne
Viscount Melbourne: a man with the thankless task of leading factions
I recently updated my earlier biography of Prime Minister Viscount Melbourne for a new edition of Liberal Leaders: Leaders of the Liberal Party from 1828 to 1899, and here it is. Right from his London birth on 15 March 1779, at Melbourne House in Piccadilly, William Lamb, second Viscount Melbourne, was at the centre of [...]
Earl Grey 1764–1845: biography
UPDATE: Since this post appeared I have written an expanded version of Earl Grey’s biography. This biography first appeared in the Dictionary of Liberal Biography, produced by the Liberal Democrat History Group. Charles Grey, second Earl Grey, Viscount Howick and Baron Grey, was the Prime Minister who oversaw the Great Reform Act of 1832, which [...]
Viscount Melbourne, 1779–1848: biography
UPDATE: Since this post appeared I have written an expanded biography of Viscount Melbourne. This biography first appeared in the Dictionary of Liberal Biography, produced by the Liberal Democrat History Group. Right from his London birth on 15 March 1779, at Melbourne House in Piccadilly, William Lamb, second Viscount Melbourne, was at the centre of [...]
