If I'd been Lord Grey, I would have knocked him down. - William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

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If I'd been Lord Grey, I would have knocked him down.

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

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About William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (15 March 1779 – 24 November 1848) was a British Whig statesman who served as Home Secretary (1830–1834) and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834 and 1835–1841).

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Alternative Names: Lord Melbourne • William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne

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