Person Lamb; William (1779 - 1848); 2nd Viscount Melbourne; British prime minister Lamb William British prime minister 1779 - 1848 British Male Melbourne House, Piccadilly, London, England 15 March 1779 Melbourne, Derbyshire 24 November 1848

Barrister Education: Eton; Trinity College, Cambridge; Glashow University. MA (1799, Cambridge) Career: Called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn (1804); MP for Leominster (1806); MP for Haddington Burghs (1806-1807); MP for Portarlington (1807-1816); MP for Peterborough (1816-1819); MP for Hertfordshire (1819-1826); MP for Newport, Isle of Wight (1827); MP for Bletchingley (1827-1828); Privy Councillor (1827); Chief Secretary for Ireland (1827-1828); Home Secretary (1830-1834); Prime Minister (1834 and 1835-1841) Son of Sir Peniston Lamb; succeeded as 2nd Viscount (1828); married (1805) Caroline, daughter of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough, the Lady Caroline Lamb who became infatuated with Lord Byron; no children Fellow 25/02/1841 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 15 Mar 1779 - 24 Nov 1848 NA6585 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 10/02/2026 RS_NET\VidaM Yes 0e6d29f0-c90a-4381-b3aa-44cb1758d64c