Viscount Melbourne, of Kilmore in the County of Cavan

County Cavan

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, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland

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 held by the Lamb family. This family descended from Matthew Lamb

Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Baronet

Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Baronet was a British barrister and politician. He was the grandfather of Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne....

, who represented Stockbridge

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 and Peterborough

Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the House of Commons

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. In 1755 he was created a Baronet, of Brocket Hall in the County of Hertford, in the Baronetage of Great Britain. Lamb married Charlotte, daughter of Thomas Coke, through which marriage Melbourne Hall

Melbourne Hall

Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire, England was once the seat of the Victorian Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, and thus is the ultimate origin for the naming of Melbourne, Australia. The house is now the seat of Lord Ralph Kerr and Lady Kerr and is open to the public...

 in Derbyshire

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 came into the Lamb family.

He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He sat as Member of Parliament

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 for Ludgershall

Ludgershall (UK Parliament constituency)

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, Malmesbury

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 and Newport, Isle of Wight

Newport (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)

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. In 1770 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Lord Melbourne, Baron of Kilmore, in the County of Cavan, in the Peerage of Ireland, and in 1781 he was created Viscount Melbourne, of Kilmore in the County of Cavan

County Cavan

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, also in the Peerage of Ireland. In 1815 he was made Baron Melbourne, of Melbourne, Derbyshire

Melbourne, Derbyshire

Melbourne is a Georgian market town in South Derbyshire, England. It is about 8 miles south of Derby and 2 miles from the River Trent. In 1837 a then tiny settlement in Australia was named after William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Queen Victoria's first Prime Minister, and thus indirectly takes...

 in the County of Derby

Derbyshire

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, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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.

He was succeeded by his son, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, PC, FRS was a British Whig statesman who served as Home Secretary and Prime Minister . He is best known for his intense and successful mentoring of Queen Victoria, at ages 18-21, in the ways of politics...

. He was a noted Whig politician and served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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 in 1834 and from 1835 to 1841. He was Queen Victoria's first Prime Minister, and she greatly relied upon his wisdom and experience in her early days on the throne, such that Melbourne's political foes complained that he had enthralled her.

On his death the titles passed to his younger brother, the third Viscount

Frederick Lamb, 3rd Viscount Melbourne

Frederick James Lamb, 3rd Viscount Melbourne PC, GCB , known as the Lord Beauvale from 1839 to 1848, was a British diplomat....

. He was a prominent diplomat. In 1839, nine years before he succeeded his brother, he was raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom in his own right as Baron Beauvale, of Beauvale

Beauvale

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 in the County of Nottingham

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. All five titles became extinct on his death in 1853.

The Hon. George Lamb, fourth and youngest son of the first Viscount, was also a politician.

Viscounts Melbourne (1781)

• Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne
  Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne
  Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne , known as Sir Peniston Lamb, 2nd Baronet, from 1768 to 1770, was a British politician and the father of Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne....
  
   (1748–1829)
  • Hon. Peniston Lamb (1770–1805)
• William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
  William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
  William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, PC, FRS was a British Whig statesman who served as Home Secretary and Prime Minister . He is best known for his intense and successful mentoring of Queen Victoria, at ages 18-21, in the ways of politics...
  
   (1779–1848), prime minister
  • Hon. George Augustus Frederick Lamb (1807–1836)
• Frederick James Lamb, 3rd Viscount Melbourne
  Frederick Lamb, 3rd Viscount Melbourne
  Frederick James Lamb, 3rd Viscount Melbourne PC, GCB , known as the Lord Beauvale from 1839 to 1848, was a British diplomat....
  
  (1782–1853)