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William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

1779 - 1848

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William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, in some sources called Henry William Lamb, (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. His first premiership ended when he was dismissed by 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 4,944,537 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne is the 2,220th most popular politician (up from 2,432nd in 2019), the 501st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 585th in 2019) and the 94th 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 2,220 out of 15,577. Before him are Taichang Emperor, Vincent Auriol, Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ajatashatru, and Emperor Daizong of Tang. After him are Afonso II of Portugal, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Herod Agrippa II, Stanley Baldwin, and Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1779, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ranks 7. Before him are Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Mustafa IV, Carl Ritter, Friedrich Carl von Savigny, Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia, and Elizabeth Alexeievna. After him are Francis IV, Duke of Modena, Antoine-Henri Jomini, Thomas Moore, Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily, George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Abd al-Rahman of Morocco. Among people deceased in 1848, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ranks 11. Before him are François-René de Chateaubriand, John Quincy Adams, Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, Christian VIII of Denmark, Bernard Bolzano, and Caroline Herschel. After him are María Isabella of Spain, Nicolas Oudinot, Vissarion Belinsky, Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, Khachatur Abovian, and Mohammad Shah Qajar.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ranks 501 out of 7,765. Before him are Betty Williams (1943), Ronnie Wood (1947), Albert Finney (1936), John Barry (1933), James Hutton (1726), and Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090). After him are Stanley Baldwin (1867), Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1771), Frank Williams (1942), George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859), George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592), and Annie Besant (1847).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ranks 94. Before him are Edmund Ironside (993), Austen Chamberlain (1863), Arthur Balfour (1848), Eadwig (940), Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550), and Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660). After him are Stanley Baldwin (1867), Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1771), George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859), George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592), James III of Scotland (1451), and Æthelberht, King of Wessex (836).

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