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See also:MELBOURNE, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM See also:LAMB, 2ND See also:VISCOUNT (1779-1848) , See also:English statesman, second son of the 1st Viscount Melbourne, by his See also:marriage with the daughter of See also:Sir See also:Ralph Milbanke, See also:bart., was See also:born on the 15th of See also:March 1779. His See also:father, Peniston Lamb (1748-1829), was the son of Sir See also:Matthew Lamb, See also:hart. (d. 1768), who made a large See also:fortune out of the See also:law, and married See also:Miss See also:Coke of Melbourne See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall; in 1770 he was made See also:baron and in 1781 Viscount Melbourne in the Irish See also:peerage, and in 1815 was created an English peer. After completing his course at Trinity See also:College, See also:Cambridge, William Lamb studied law at the university of See also:Glasgow, and was called to the See also:bar in 1804. In 18o5 he married See also:Lady See also:Caroline See also:Ponsonby (1785-1828), daughter of the 3rd See also:earl of See also:Bessborough. She was, however, separated from him in 1825. Lady Caroline Lamb acquired some fame as a novelist by her See also:romance of Glenarvon, which was published anonymously in 1816 and was afterwards (1865) re-issued under the See also:title of The Fatal See also:Passion. On entering See also:parliament in 18o6 the Hon. William Lamb (as See also:Lord Melbourne then was) joined the opposition under See also:Fox, of whom he was an ardent admirer; but his Liberal tendencies were never decided, and he not infrequently supported Lord See also:Liverpool during that statesman's See also:long See also:tenure of See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office. During the See also:short See also:ministry of See also:Canning in 1827 he was See also:chief secretary for See also:Ireland, but he afterwards for a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time adhered to the small remnant of the party who supported the See also:duke of See also:Wellington. The See also:influence of Melbourne as a politician See also:dates from his succeeding to the peerage in 1829. Disagreeing with the duke of Wellington on the question of See also:parliamentary reform, he entered the ministry of See also:Grey, as See also:home secretary in 183o. For the duties of this office at such a See also:critical time he was deficient in insight and See also:energy, but his See also:political success was See also:independent of his See also:official capacity; and when the ministry of Grey was wrecked on the Irish question in See also:July 1834 Melbourne was chosen to succeed him as See also:prime See also:minister. In See also:November following he had to give See also:place to a Conservative ministry under See also:Peel; but he resumed office in See also:April 1835, and remained prime minister till 1841. He died at Melbourne See also:House, See also:Derbyshire, on the 24th of November 1848.
Lord Melbourne was without the qualification of See also:attention to details, and he never displayed those brilliant talents which often See also:form a substitute for more solid acquirements. Though he possessed a See also:fine and flexible See also:voice, his manner as a See also:speaker was ineffective, and his speeches were generally See also:ill-arranged and destitute of oratorical point. His political See also:advancement was due to his See also:personal popularity. He had a thorough knowledge of the private and indirect motives which influence politicians, and his genial attractive manner, easy See also:temper and vivacious, if occasionally &arse, wit helped to confer on him a social distinction which led many to take for granted his See also:eminence as a statesman. His favourite dictum in politics was, " Why not leave it alone?" His relations with See also:women gave opportunity
MELBOURNE
for See also:criticism though not open See also:scandal; but the See also:action brought against him in 1836 by Mr See also:George Chapple See also:Norton in regard to the famous Mrs Caroline Norton (q.v.) was deservedly unsuccessful. The most notable and estimable feature of his political conduct was his relation to See also:Queen See also:Victoria (q.v.), whom he initiated into the duties of See also:sovereign with the most delicate tact and the most paternal and conscientious care.
Melbourne was succeeded as 3rd viscount by his See also:brother, See also:Frederick See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Lamb (1782-1853), who was See also:British See also:ambassador to See also:Vienna from 1831 to 1841. On the 3rd viscount's See also:death the titles became See also:extinct, but the estates passed to his See also:sister Emily See also:Mary (1787-1869), the wife of Lord See also:Palmerston.
See W. McC. See also:Torrens, See also:Memoirs of Lord Melbourne (1878) ; See also:Lloyd See also:Sanders, Lord Melbourne's Papers (1889) ; A. See also:Hayward's See also:essay (from the Quarterly See also:Review, 1878) in " Eminent Statesmen " (188o).
End of Article: MELBOURNE, WILLIAM LAMB, 2ND VISCOUNT (1779-1848)
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