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Lord Melbourne

1779–1848

prime minister, mentor of the young Victoria

Facts

Born:
15 March 1779
Died:
24 November 1848 (aged 69)
  • At Victoria's birth (1819): aged 40
  • At Victoria's accession (1837): aged 58
  • At Victoria and Albert's wedding (1840): aged 60

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Life in the Almanack

  1. 15 March 1779 Birth of Lord Melbourne, prime minister, mentor of the young Victoria
  2. 3 June 1805 William Lamb, the future Lord Melbourne, marries Lady Caroline Ponsonby aged 26
  3. 29 April 1827 William Lamb becomes Chief Secretary for Ireland aged 48
  4. 25 January 1828 Death of Lady Caroline Lamb, Lord Melbourne's wife aged 48
  5. 22 July 1828 On his father's death William Lamb becomes 2nd Viscount Melbourne and enters the House of Lords aged 49
  6. 16 July 1834 Viscount Melbourne becomes Prime Minister aged 55
  7. 14 November 1834 Viscount Melbourne leaves office: dismissed by William IV – the last prime minister dismissed by a monarch aged 55
  8. 18 April 1835 Viscount Melbourne becomes Prime Minister (second time) – Victoria's first prime minister aged 56
  9. 7 May 1839 Lord Melbourne announces his resignation – the Bedchamber Crisis begins aged 60
  10. 10 May 1839 The "Bedchamber Crisis": Victoria refuses to dismiss her ladies, Peel declines to form a government, Melbourne stays aged 60
  11. 1 October 1839 Melbourne's cabinet decides to send forces to China – prelude to the First Opium War aged 60
  12. 30 August 1841 Viscount Melbourne leaves office: resigns after an election defeat aged 62
  13. 24 November 1848 Death of Lord Melbourne, prime minister, mentor of the young Victoria aged 69
  14. 15 March 1877 The first cricket Test match in Melbourne: Australia v England

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