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William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

1779 - 1848

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Henry William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (15 March 1779 – 24 November 1848) was a British Whig politician who served as the Home Secretary and twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. His first premiership ended when he was dismissed by King William IV in 1834, the last British prime minister to be dismissed by a monarch. Five months later, he was re-appointed and served for six more years, into the reign of Queen Victoria. He is best known for helping Victoria settle into her role as Queen, acting almost as her private secretary, and the political scandals that resulted from it, most notably the Bedchamber Crisis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne is the 5,223rd most popular politician (down from 4,542nd in 2019), the 1,176th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 919th in 2019) and the 226th most popular British Politician.

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne was most famous for being the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1834 to 1841.

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Among politicians, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ranks 5,223 out of 19,576. Before him are Red Cloud, Andrianampoinimerina, Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, Omurtag of Bulgaria, Fu Hao, and Adolph Joffe. After him are Bianca Cappello, Al-Muti, Willem Drees, Lucius Munatius Plancus, Tim Johnson, and Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum.

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Among people born in 1779, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ranks 8. Before him are Mustafa IV, Carl Ritter, Friedrich Carl von Savigny, Elizabeth Alexeievna, Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia, and Francis IV, Duke of Modena. After him are Adam Oehlenschläger, Antoine-Henri Jomini, Giovanni Battista Bugatti, Thomas Moore, Madeleine Sophie Barat, and Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily. Among people deceased in 1848, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ranks 17. Before him are Vissarion Belinsky, María Isabella of Spain, Nicolas Oudinot, Mohammad Shah Qajar, Khachatur Abovian, and Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse. After him are Joseph Mohr, James Dunlop, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, Thomas Cole, and John Jacob Astor.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ranks 1,176 out of 8,785. Before him are John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504), Matt Busby (1909), Adam Ferguson (1723), Mary Somerville (1780), Dylan Thomas (1914), and Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594). After him are Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1130), Bob Klose (1945), Andy Serkis (1964), Oldfield Thomas (1858), Kristin Scott Thomas (1960), and Benedict Cumberbatch (1976).

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