1841 vote of no confidence against the government of Viscount Melbourne
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The 1841 vote of no confidence against the government of Viscount Melbourne
was a vote of no confidence in the government of William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
which occurred on the 7 June 1841. Melbourne lost the vote by only one vote and dissolved Parliament leading to an election in July 1841.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, PC, FRS was a British Whig statesman who served as Home Secretary and Prime Minister . He is best known for his intense and successful mentoring of Queen Victoria, at ages 18-21, in the ways of politics...
was a vote of no confidence in the government of William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, PC, FRS was a British Whig statesman who served as Home Secretary and Prime Minister . He is best known for his intense and successful mentoring of Queen Victoria, at ages 18-21, in the ways of politics...
which occurred on the 7 June 1841. Melbourne lost the vote by only one vote and dissolved Parliament leading to an election in July 1841.