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2nd Viscount Melbourne
Viscount Melbourne, of Kilmore in the County of Cavan, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland held by the Lamb family. This family descended from Matthew Lamb, who represented Stockbridge and Peterborough in the House of Commons. 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 in Derbyshire came into the Lamb family. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He sat as Member of Parliament for Ludgershall, Malmesbury and Newport, Isle of Wight. 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, also in the Peerage of Ireland. In 1815 he was made Baron Melbourne, of Melbourne, Derbyshire in the County of Derby, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He was succeeded by his son, the second Viscount. He was a noted Whig politician and served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1834 and from 1835 to 1841. On his death the titles passed to his younger brother, the third Viscount. 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 in the County of Nottingham. 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.
Lamb Baronets, of Brocket Hall (1755)
- Sir whore-lady Lamb, 1st Baronet (1705-1768)
- Sir Peniston Lamb, 2nd Baronet (1748-1829) (created Viscount Melbourne in 1781)
Viscounts Melbourne (1781)
- Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne (1748-1829)
- William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848)
- Frederick James Lamb, 3rd Viscount Melbourne (1782-1853)
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