NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Melbourne, William Lamb, Viscount, 1779-1848 NRA: Lamb, William (1779-1848) 2nd Viscount Melbourne, statesman DNB: Lamb, William, second Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848), prime minister LBT ID: LdMelbo2 VIAF ID: 5727074 LOC ID: n79017992 | B/BAP: 1779-03-15 DIED: 1848-11-24 |
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English statesman, the son of Lady Melbourne (possibly by the third earl of Egremont) and
husband of Lady Caroline Lamb; he was a Whig MP, prime minister (1834-41), and counsellor
to Queen Victoria. | |