Temple, Henry John, third Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865), prime minister

by David Steele

  • Beginnings, 1784–1806
  • Parliament and office: the first phase, 1806–1830
  • Life outside politics
  • The Foreign Office, 1830–1834, 1835–1841
  • Opposition, 1841–1846, and the Foreign Office under Russell, 1846–1852
  • Coalition, war, and the first premiership, 1851–1858
  • The reconstruction of Liberalism, and the second administration, 1859–1865
  • Posthumous reputation

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See also

Themes

  • Prime ministers of the United Kingdom
  • Secretaries of state for the Home department
  • Secretaries of state for foreign affairs
  • Leaders of the Liberal, Social Democratic, and (Social and) Liberal Democrat parties
  • Cinque Ports in the Oxford DNB
  • Holland House set

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