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Viscount Melbourne, of Kilmore in the County of Cavan, was a title created for Peniston Lamb, 1st Baron Melbourne in 1781 in the Peerage of Ireland. He had previously been created Lord Melbourne, Baron of Kilmore in the County of Cavan, in the Peerage of Ireland, in 1770, and was further created Baron Melbourne, of Melbourne in the County of Derby, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, in 1815. The 2nd Viscount was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, while his brother, the 3rd Viscount, was a diplomat who was created Baron Beauvale, of Beauvale in the County of Nottingham, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, in 1839, before succeeding to the Viscountcy. All the titles became extinct on the death of the 3rd Viscount. · Can we improve this biography or this incorrect? Post your own bio in the forums. Explore books and films about Melbourne, Lord.
"A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man."
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"The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts."
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"That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong."
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"Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle."
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"If it was not absolutely necessary, it was the foolishest thing ever done."
Melbourne, Lord on Reform
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"I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything."
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"Once is orthodox, twice is puritanical."
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"It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the same."
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