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William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

1779 - 1848

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Henry William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (15 March 1779 – 24 November 1848) was a British Whig politician who served as the Home Secretary and twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. His first premiership ended when he was dismissed by King William IV in 1834, the last British prime minister to be dismissed by a monarch. Five months later, he was re-appointed and served for six more years, into the reign of Queen Victoria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne has received more than 5,196,021 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne is the 4,542nd most popular politician (down from 2,184th in 2019), the 918th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 501st in 2019) and the 163rd most popular British Politician.

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne was most famous for being the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1834 to 1841.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ranks 4,542 out of 19,576. Before him are Clovis III, Yury Luzhkov, Suppiluliuma II, Catherine of Navarre, Zoe Karbonopsina, and Princess Louise of Prussia. After him are Maia Sandu, William Penn, Per Albin Hansson, Konstanty Kalinowski, Mohammad Hatta, and Essad Pasha Toptani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1779, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ranks 8. Before him are Mustafa IV, Carl Ritter, Friedrich Carl von Savigny, Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia, Elizabeth Alexeievna, and Francis IV, Duke of Modena. After him are Antoine-Henri Jomini, Thomas Moore, Giovanni Battista Bugatti, Abd al-Rahman of Morocco, Adam Oehlenschläger, and Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily. Among people deceased in 1848, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ranks 18. Before him are Nicolas Oudinot, María Isabella of Spain, Mohammad Shah Qajar, Khachatur Abovian, Thomas Cole, and Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse. After him are Joseph Mohr, James Dunlop, Branwell Brontë, Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, and Annette von Droste-Hülshoff.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ranks 918 out of 8,785. Before him are Pat Hitchcock (1928), David I of Scotland (1084), Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (1868), Stirling Moss (1929), Prince Michael of Kent (1942), and John McAfee (1945). After him are William Penn (1645), Bob Klose (1945), David Irving (1938), Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence (1388), Thomas Tallis (1502), and Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ranks 163. Before him are Æthelberht, King of Wessex (836), Robert III of Scotland (1330), Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671), Duncan I of Scotland (1001), David I of Scotland (1084), and Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (1868). After him are William Penn (1645), Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence (1388), Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764), Arthur Drewry (1891), Denis Thatcher (1915), and Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (1945).

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