William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

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British politician Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Whig statesman human

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, was a 19th-century British Whig statesman who served twice as Prime Minister and is best known as the early political mentor of Queen Victoria.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Lord Melbourne 3
2nd Viscount Melbourne 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Whig statesman ⓘ
human ⓘ
birthDate 1779-03-15 ⓘ
birthPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1848-11-24 ⓘ
deathPlace Broket Hall ⓘ
Hertfordshire ⓘ
educatedAt Eton College ⓘ
University of Glasgow ⓘ
surface form: Glasgow University

Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
familyName Carnes ⓘ
surface form: Lamb
father Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne ⓘ
genreOfPolitics liberalism ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasInfluenced Queen Victoria ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Whig Party ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm Victoria ⓘ
William IV ⓘ
mother Annabella Milbanke ⓘ
surface form: Elizabeth Milbanke
nobleTitle William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 2nd Viscount Melbourne
notableFor being early political mentor of Queen Victoria ⓘ
serving twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
occupation barrister ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
parliamentaryHouse House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
positionHeld Chief Secretary for Ireland ⓘ
Home Secretary ⓘ
surface form: Home Secretary of the United Kingdom

Leader of the House of Lords ⓘ
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
precededByAsPrimeMinister Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
surface form: Duke of Wellington

Earl Grey ⓘ
primeMinisterTermEnd 1834-11-14 ⓘ
1841-08-30 ⓘ
primeMinisterTermStart 1834-07-16 ⓘ
1835-04-18 ⓘ
residence Melbourne Hall ⓘ
South Street, London ⓘ
spouse Lady Caroline Lamb ⓘ
succeededByAsPrimeMinister Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
surface form: Duke of Wellington

Robert Peel ⓘ
surface form: Sir Robert Peel

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne → child → William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ⓘ
Broket Hall → deathPlaceOf → William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ⓘ
Melbourne → namedAfter → William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ⓘ
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne → nobleTitle → William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2nd Viscount Melbourne
Liberal Party (UK) → notableLeader → William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ⓘ
Whig Party → notableMember → William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Melbourne
Broket Hall → notableResident → William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ⓘ
Melbourne Hall → notableResident → William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ⓘ
Broket Hall → ownedBy → William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Melbourne
Broket Hall → residenceOf → William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ⓘ
Corn Laws debate → significantPerson → William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Melbourne
Lady Caroline Lamb → spouse → William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ⓘ