Memoirs Of William Lamb, Second Viscount Melbourne
Memoirs Of William Lamb, Second Viscount Melbourne

Author: William Torrens McCullagh Torrens

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781020114960

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William Lamb, the second viscount Melbourne, was a prominent British politician who served as prime minister from 1834 to 1841. In this memoir, his life and political career are explored in depth, including his relationships with Queen Victoria and Princess Caroline. It is a fascinating read for anyone interested in British political history or Victorian society. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Melbourne
Melbourne

Author: Philip Ziegler

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2013-04-18

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 0571302882

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'I agree with Lord David [Cecil] that Melbourne as a friend or relative must have been one of the most delightful, wise and entertaining of men, but in public life I believe him also to have been ambitious, cynical and almost wholly without political principle. He was, in short, much less of a carefree amateur, much more of a politician.' Philip Ziegler, from his Preface First published in 1976, Philip Ziegler's Melbourne drew on hitherto unused material and made an unprecedently searching assessment of the eminent Whig statesman of the 1830s/40s. It is extraordinary enough that Queen Victoria's first Prime Minister should have been dragged through the courts by an aggrieved husband not once but twice. Yet Melbourne's 'problematic' personal life is only one reason why Ziegler, even-handed and scrupulous, was compelled to test the validity of Victoria's famous final judgement that Melbourne was 'not a good or firm minister'.

Melbourne
Melbourne

Author: David Cecil

Publisher: Constable Limited

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780094670907

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Lord Melbourne was Prime Minister from 1843-1835 and was a kind friend and guide to the young Victoria on her accession. Earlier he was married to Lady Caroline Lamb, the mistress of Byron. He played an important role in the social and political history of England.

Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria

Author: Lytton Strachey

Publisher: Standard Ebooks

Published: 2020-08-25T21:58:45Z

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13:

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The publication of Lytton Strachey’s Eminent Victorians in 1918 was a tremendous success. In it, Strachey looked at four iconic figures of the Victorian Age and punctured the hagiographical illusions surrounding them. It seems only fitting that he should follow up in 1921 with a similarly unsentimental but fair biography of the person at the pinnacle of that era, Queen Victoria herself. Thoroughly researched, with his references documented in hundreds of footnotes, Strachey looks at the life of the young woman who, when she was born, was by no means certain to become the British monarch. He also spends considerable time on her consort, Prince Albert, who, in Strachey’s telling, develops from a careless youth to becoming a truly remarkable and effective figure in British society, while continuing to be generally perceived as an outsider. Strachey’s sardonic and witty style makes this account of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert an entertaining and very informative read. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.

Lord Melbourne, 1779-1848
Lord Melbourne, 1779-1848

Author: Leslie George Mitchell

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9780198205920

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Lord Melbourne was Prime Minister of England from 1834-1841. As mentor and father-figure to the young Queen Victoria, he exerted considerable influence over the first few years of her reign. In this, the first biography in twenty years, Leslie Mitchell uses the Melbourne family papers to explore the man behind the politician at the heart of early Victorian politics.