William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

✶March 15, 1779

†November 24, 1848

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William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, was a British Whig statesman who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, first in 1834 and again from 1835 to 1841. He also held senior cabinet roles including Home Secretary (1830–1834) and Chief Secretary for Ireland (1827–1828), and led the House of Lords and the Opposition during key transitions in the early Victorian era.

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834; 1835–1841)

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