William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
(1779-1848), Prime MinisterEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 159 portraits
Melbourne was a Whig MP from 1806, Irish Secretary under Canning and Home Secretary under Lord Grey, 1830-34. After Grey's resignation he was appointed Prime Minister, a position he held twice (1834, 1835-41). He married the poet Lady Caroline Lamb in 1805 but they separated in 1825 following her infamous affair with the Romantic poet Lord Byron. Melbourne advised the young Queen Victoria and she became very devoted to him, to the extent that she was criticised for too partisan an approach to political issues, and rumours of a romantic attachment between them proliferated in the early days of her reign.
A Select Specimen of Dignified and Cutting Sarcasm
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Alfred Ducôte, after Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 1 July 1833
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by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 11 July 1833
NPG D41207
The Upsetting of the Reform Coach
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 4 June 1834
NPG D41259
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 14 July 1834
NPG D41265
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 22 July 1834
NPG D41267
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 11 August 1834
NPG D41272
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Ducôte & Stephens, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 1 December 1834
NPG D41290
Unhappy Ghosts Crossing the Styx
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Ducôte & Stephens, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 11 December 1834
NPG D41293
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ('The Man Wot Carries His Majesty's Letters')
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Ducôte & Stephens, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 24 December 1834
NPG D41296
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Ducôte & Stephens, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 19 January 1835
NPG D41301
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Ducôte & Stephens, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 28 January 1835
NPG D41304
Cast Off Machiners Selling by Auction
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Ducôte & Stephens, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 12 February 1835
NPG D41306
Extraordinary Meeting of Leaders of Opposition
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Ducôte & Stephens, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 3 March 1835
NPG D41309
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Ducôte & Stephens, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 15 May 1835
NPG D41327
Another Stage in the March of Intellect
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Ducôte & Stephens, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 9 June 1835
NPG D41328
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Ducôte & Stephens, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 26 June 1835
NPG D41334
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Ducôte & Stephens, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 10 July 1835
NPG D41335
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Ducôte & Stephens, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 10 July 1835
NPG D41337
See: Dan to Vaux: all and back again
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 29 August 1835
NPG D41342
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 7 October 1835
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Related People
- Lady Caroline Lamb (wife)
- George Lamb (brother)
- Peniston Lamb (brother)
- Elizabeth Lamb (née Milbanke), Viscountess Melbourne (mother)
- Frederick James Lamb, 3rd Viscount Melbourne (brother)
- Emily Mary ('Amelia') (née Lamb), Viscountess Palmerston (sister)
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