Politics · 1784–1865

Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

British statesman who led the country twice as Prime Minister

Did you know?He was the first Prime Minister from the Liberal Party and died in office only two days before his eighty-first birthday.

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (20 October 1784 – 18 October 1865), known as Lord Palmerston, was an Anglo-Irish nobleman and statesman who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1855 to 1858 and from 1859 to his death in 1865.

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Age at death: 80
Years since death: 161

Born: October 20, 1784 · Broadlands, United Kingdom
Died: October 18, 1865
Nationality: British
Known for: Politics

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Father: Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston
Mother: Mary Mee
Spouse: Emily Temple, Viscountess Palmerston

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