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Lord Melbourne, 1779-1848

Name: Lord Melbourne, 1779-1848
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Author: Mitchell, L. G.
ISBN: 9780198205920

by Mitchell, L. G.

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9780198205920
ISBN10:
0198205929
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 1997-07-03
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

Lord Melbourne was Prime Minister of England from 1834-1841. As mentor and father-figure to the young Queen Victoria, he exerted considerable influence over the first few years of her reign. In this, the first biography in twenty years, Leslie Mitchell uses the Melbourne family papers to explore the man behind the politician at the heart of early Victorian politics.

Author Biography

L. G. Mitchell is Fellow and Praelector in Modern History at University College, Oxford. The leading scholar of the Whigs, his many books include the highly praised Charles James Fox (OUP 1992).

List of Plates

(1)

List of Genealogical Tables

(1)

List of Short Titles

xii

(1)

Genealogical Tables

xiii

Part I

(94)

1. A Whig Inheritance

(18)

2. The Whig Context

(20)

3. A Whig Education, 1779-1805

(17)

4. Marriage and Catastrophe, 1805-1816

(21)

5. Marriage and Nemesis, 1816-1828

(18)

Part II

(114)

6. Apprenticeship in Politics, 1806-1830

(22)

7. The Home Office, 1830-1834

119

(23)

8. Prime Minister, 1834-1841

142

(24)

9. Tories, Radicals, Irishmen, a King, and Lord Grey, 1834-1841

166

(23)

10. Collapse from Within, 1837-1841

189

(22)

Part III

211

(66)

11. Women and Private Life, 1828-1841

211

(21)

12. Victoria, 1837-1841

232

(20)

13. The Last Years, 1841-1848

252

(25)

Notes

277

(63)

Select Bibliography

340

(7)

Index

347

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