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Viscount Melbourne, Prime Minister

Viscount Melbourne: a man with the thankless task of leading factions

19 October 2010 ,
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 [...]

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 [...]