Politics · 1779–1848

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

British Prime Minister and political mentor to Queen Victoria

Did you know?The Australian city of Melbourne was named after him during his second term as the head of the British government.

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (15 March 1779 – 24 November 1848), was a British Whig statesman who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, first in 1834 and again from 1835 to 1841.

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