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Lord Melbourne's sole task was to boost Victoria's spirits in the days before the wedding. It was normal, he assured her, to feel anxious. When she reminded him of her former determination to remain single, he said getting married was natural; it was her job as monarch that was "very unnatural." There was also a quiet need to shine and feel pretty.
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Lord Melbourne was the British prime minister from July 16 to November 14, 1834, and from April 18, 1835, to August 30, 1841. He was Queen Victoria’s close friend and chief political adviser during the early years of her reign (from June 20, 1837).
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- Lord Melbourne was born William Lamb, allegedly the second of six children of the 1st Viscount Melbourne and his wife. Lamb married Lady Caroline P...
- William Lamb (later Lord Melbourne) was educated at Eton College and at the University of Cambridge. He was called to the bar in 1804.
- Lord Melbourne was permanently weakened by a stroke on October 23, 1842, and died six years later.
When the young Victoria ascended to the throne in 1837, she and Melbourne developed a close relationship, with the prime minister tutoring the new queen in government and politics.
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Lord Melbourne. Still just a girl, Victoria leaned heavily on her two most trusted advisors: her uncle Leopold, King of the Belgians, and Lord Melbourne, the Prime Minister. Victoria hung on Melbourne’s every word, possibly seeing him as a father figure.
