Lord Melbourne’s government

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Lord Melbourne’s government was the Whig administration that led the United Kingdom in the 1830s and early 1840s, overseeing significant political reforms and imperial policy during the early Victorian era.

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instanceOf British ministry ⓘ
Whig government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
chamber House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
coalitionStatus single-party majority at times ⓘ
single-party minority at times ⓘ
country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
domesticPolicyIssues Irish church reform ⓘ
municipal government reform ⓘ
poor relief reform ⓘ
endTime 30 August 1841 ⓘ
endTimeFirstMinistry 14 November 1834 ⓘ
endTimeSecondMinistry 30 August 1841 ⓘ
era early Victorian era ⓘ
linked to: Victorian era

late Georgian era ⓘ
follows Earl Grey’s government ⓘ
foreignPolicyIssues Afghan War (First Anglo-Afghan War) ⓘ
Canadian rebellions of 1837–1838 ⓘ
First Opium War ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Chinese War
hasPart First Melbourne ministry ⓘ
Second Melbourne ministry ⓘ
headedBy William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ⓘ
ideology Whiggism ⓘ
keyFigure Lord Howick (later Earl Grey) ⓘ
Lord John Russell ⓘ
Lord Lansdowne ⓘ
Lord Palmerston ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
lostPowerIn United Kingdom general election, 1841 ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm Queen Victoria ⓘ
William IV ⓘ
notableElection United Kingdom general election, 1835 ⓘ
United Kingdom general election, 1837 ⓘ
notableFor continuation of parliamentary reform policies ⓘ
implementation of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 ⓘ
management of early Victorian imperial policy ⓘ
municipal corporation reform ⓘ
reform of the Church of Ireland ⓘ
parliamentaryOpposition Conservative Party (Tories) ⓘ
politicalParty Whig Party ⓘ
position centre-left ⓘ
precededBy Earl Grey’s second ministry ⓘ
precedes Sir Robert Peel’s second ministry ⓘ
primeMinisterRole first prime minister of Queen Victoria ⓘ
startTime 16 July 1834 ⓘ
startTimeFirstMinistry 16 July 1834 ⓘ
startTimeSecondMinistry 18 April 1835 ⓘ
succeededBy Peel’s second ministry ⓘ
supportedMonarch Queen Victoria ⓘ

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