Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne

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Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne, was an 18th–19th century British Whig politician and aristocrat who served in Parliament and was notable as the patriarch of the Melbourne political dynasty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British peer
British politician
Whig politician
human
viscount
aristocraticFamily Lamb family
associatedWithPlace Hertfordshire
London political society
birthDate 1745-01-29
birthPlace London
linked to: London, England
child Frederick Lamb, 3rd Viscount Melbourne
George Lamb
Peniston Lamb (MP)
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1828-07-22
deathPlace London
linked to: London, England
educatedAt Eton College
Trinity College, Cambridge
elevationToPeerageAsBaronMelbourne 1770
elevationToPeerageAsViscountMelbourne 1781
era 18th century
19th century
familyName Lamb
father Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Baronet
givenName Peniston
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOfPoliticalParty Whig Party
mother Charlotte Coke
nobleTitle Baron Melbourne
Viscount Melbourne
notableFor being patriarch of the Melbourne political dynasty
service as a Whig Member of Parliament
parliamentaryTermEnd 1793
parliamentaryTermStart 1768
positionHeld Lord of Trade
Lord of the Admiralty
Lord of the Bedchamber
Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire
Member of Parliament for Ludgershall
Member of Parliament for Malmesbury
Member of Parliament for Newport, Isle of Wight
residence Brocket Hall
linked to: Broket Hall

Melbourne House, London
linked to: Melbourne House
socialRole aristocratic host and political patron
spouse Elizabeth Milbanke

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William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne father Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne
Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne nobleTitle Viscount Melbourne
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Melbourne House ownedBy Viscount Melbourne
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Melbourne House namedAfter Viscount Melbourne
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Mount Melbourne namedAfter Viscount Melbourne
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