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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Durham Report commissionedOfficial Lord Melbourne’s government