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Authorised form of nameTemple; Henry John (1784 - 1865); 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Dates1784 - 1865
NationalityBritish
Place of birthHis father's estate, Broadlands, Hampshire, England
Date of birth20 October 1784
Place of deathHis wife's estate, Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire
Date of death18 October 1865
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Westminster Abbey, London
ActivityCareer:
MP for Newport, Isle of Wight (1807-1811); MP for Cambridge University (1811-1831); MP for Bletchingley (1831-1832); MP for Hampshire South (1832-1834); MP for Tiverton (1835-1865); Prime Minister (February 1855 - February 1858; June 1859 - October 1865)
Education:
Harrow School
Honours:
GCB 1832; KG 1856
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election17/03/1853
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/51698419
CodeNA2495
Archives associated with this Fellow
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MM/19/59Letter from Edward Sabine to William Sharpey, Secretary, Royal Societynd
MM/13/64Press cuttings reporting the debates in the House of Commons on the estimates for the conversion of Burlington House, on 12 and 19 June 18571857
DM/3/89Copy of a letter from Thomas Cartwright, Stockholm, to Lord Palmerston27 June 1841
MC/3/122Letter from Lord [Granville George] Leveson-Gower, Foreign Office, to the Marquis of Northampton, [President of the Royal Society]30 November 1840
MS/427/45Copy letter from [Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount] Palmerston; to [Prince Augustus Frederick] the Duke of Sussex, K.G29 June 1833
DM/3/91Letter from Leveson (for Lord Palmerston), Foreign Office, to Lord Northampton, President, Royal Society17 July 1841
IM/003417Temple, Henry John, 3rd Viscount Palmerstonnd
MS/426/330Copy letter from Lord Northampton [Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton] President of the Royal Society; to Lord Palmerston [Henry John Temple]25 May 1848
MC/3/62Letter from John Backhouse, Foreign Office, to the Marquis of Northampton [President of the Royal Society]27 December 1839
MC/3Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1839-1843
MC/3/61Letter from John Backhouse, Foreign Office, to the Marquis of Northampton [President of the Royal Society]18 December 1839
MC/3/145Letter from Lord [Granville George] Leveson-Gower, Foreign Office, to the Marquis of Northampton, [President of the Royal Society]11 March 1841
AP/32/17Letter, regarding a shower of aerolites from H W Addington to the Secretary of the Royal Society20 March 1850
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