Lord Melbourne’s government

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Lord Melbourne’s government was the Whig administration that led the United Kingdom in the 1830s and early 1840s, overseeing significant political reforms and imperial policy during the early Victorian era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British ministry
Whig government of the United Kingdom
chamber House of Commons of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
House of Lords NERFINISHED
coalitionStatus single-party majority at times
single-party minority at times
country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED
domesticPolicyIssues Irish church reform
municipal government reform
poor relief reform
endTime 30 August 1841
endTimeFirstMinistry 14 November 1834
endTimeSecondMinistry 30 August 1841
era early Victorian era NERFINISHED
late Georgian era
follows Earl Grey’s government NERFINISHED
foreignPolicyIssues Afghan War (First Anglo-Afghan War) NERFINISHED
Canadian rebellions of 1837–1838 NERFINISHED
First Opium War NERFINISHED
hasPart First Melbourne ministry NERFINISHED
Second Melbourne ministry NERFINISHED
headedBy William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne NERFINISHED
ideology Whiggism NERFINISHED
keyFigure Lord Howick (later Earl Grey) NERFINISHED
Lord John Russell NERFINISHED
Lord Lansdowne NERFINISHED
Lord Palmerston NERFINISHED
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
lostPowerIn United Kingdom general election, 1841 NERFINISHED
monarchDuringTerm Queen Victoria NERFINISHED
William IV NERFINISHED
notableElection United Kingdom general election, 1835 NERFINISHED
United Kingdom general election, 1837 NERFINISHED
notableFor continuation of parliamentary reform policies
implementation of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
management of early Victorian imperial policy
municipal corporation reform
reform of the Church of Ireland
parliamentaryOpposition Conservative Party (Tories) NERFINISHED
politicalParty Whig Party NERFINISHED
position centre-left
precededBy Earl Grey’s second ministry NERFINISHED
precedes Sir Robert Peel’s second ministry NERFINISHED
primeMinisterRole first prime minister of Queen Victoria
startTime 16 July 1834
startTimeFirstMinistry 16 July 1834
startTimeSecondMinistry 18 April 1835
succeededBy Peel’s second ministry NERFINISHED
supportedMonarch Queen Victoria NERFINISHED

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Durham Report commissionedOfficial Lord Melbourne’s government