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  1. Alma mater. Trinity College, Cambridge. University of Glasgow. Signature. William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne PC, PC (Ire), FRS (15 March 1779 – 24 November 1848) was a Whig politician who served as the Home Secretary and twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Some sources indicate that his full name was Henry William Lamb.

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  2. William Lamb was born into an aristocratic Whig family in London in 1779, son of Penistone and Elizabeth Lamb. His paternity was always questioned, and it is possible that he was the son of Lord Egremont. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He then studied the law at Lincoln’s Inn and was called to the bar in 1804.

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  4. Jun 8, 2018 · The English statesman William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848), served as prime minister in 1834 and from 1835 to 1841. He was the stern suppressor of early trade unionism and the political mentor of the young Queen Victoria. Lord Melbourne was a member of the small aristocratic oligarchy which dominated English society and politics in ...

  5. British Leaders. Childhood & Early Life. William Lamb was born on March 15, 1779, in London, to Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne and Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne. He attended ‘Eton College,’ Berkshire, England, and earned an M.A. from Trinity College, the University of Cambridge, England, in 1799. He was a resident student of ...

  6. Stuart Feinstein, M. D., Poughkeepsie, New York. illiam Lamb, the 2nd Viscount Melbourne and Queen Victoria 's first Prime Minister , was born in 1779. His family was part of the aristocratic Whig society that reached a peak in the late 1700s. Its members reveled in non-stop politics, partying, gambling, and infidelity.

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