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LAWLEY, Francis (1782-1851), of Middleton Hall, nr. Tamworth, Staffs. and 18 Grosvenor Square, Mdx.

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bap. 13 Sept. 1782, IGI (Warws.). 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Robert Lawley†, 5th bt. (d. 1793), of Spoonhill, Salop and Canwell Priory, Staffs. and Jane, da. of Beilby Thompson of Escrick, Yorks.; bro. of Sir Robert Lawley †, 6th bt. and Paul Beilby Thompson*. educ. Rugby 1792; Christ Church, Oxf. 1800; fellow, All Souls 1803-15. m. 18 May 1815, Mary Anne, da. of George Talbot of Temple Guiting, Glos., s.p. suc. bro. Robert as 7th bt. and to estates in Salop, Staffs. and Warws. 10 Apr. 1834. d. 30 Jan. 1851.
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Cornet Warws. yeoman cav. 1803, capt. 1805, maj. 1818, lt.-col. 1845, res. 1848.

Main residences: Middleton Hall, nr. Tamworth, Staffs.; 18 Grosvenor Square, Mdx.
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LATOUCHE, Robert (1773-1844), of Harristown, co. Kildare

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b. Oct. 1773, 1st s. of John Latouche†, MP [I], of Harristown and Gertrude, da. of Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald of Corkbeg, co. Cork; bro. of John Latouche†. educ. Kildare; Harrow 1785-8; Eton 1788-90; Trinity, Dublin 8 Nov. 1790, aged 17. m. 17 Apr. 1810, Lady Emily Le Poer Trench, da. of William, 1st earl of Clancarty [I], 3s. 3da.(2 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1810. d. 22 May 1844. Dublin Evening Post, 28 May 1844. Hist. Irish Parl. v. 70 gives 19 May.
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MP [I] 1794 – 1800.

Sheriff, co. Kildare 1797 – 98.

Commdt. Kilcullen yeoman cav. 1798.

Dir. Farming Soc. of Ireland 1815 – 24, Barrow Navigation Co. 1837.

Main residence: Harristown, co. Kildare, [I].
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ALCOCK, Thomas (1801-1866), of Kingswood Warren, Reigate, Surr. and 33 Curzon Street, Mdx.

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b. 19 Aug. 1801, Ex inf. Stephen Lees. 4th but 3rd surv. s. of Joseph Alcock (d. 1821) of 51 Welbeck Street, Mdx. and Roehampton, Surr. and 1st w. Elizabeth Jane, da. of Richard Tayler, gunpowder merchant, of 69 Old Broad Street, London and Charlton House, Sunbury, Mdx. educ. ?Harrow 1813-17. m. 12 July 1831, Elizabeth, da. of R.-Adm. Henry Stuart of Montagu Square, Mdx., s.p. suc. bro. Joseph Alcock of Roehampton 1822. d. 22 Aug. 1866.
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Cornet 1 Drag. Gds. 1820, lt. 1821; lt. (half-pay) 24 Drag. 1823, ret. 1832.

Sheriff, Surr. 1837–8.

Main residences: Kingswood Warren, Reigate, Surr.; 33 Curzon Street, Mdx.
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ALCOCK, Thomas (1801-1866)

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LASCELLES, William Saunders Sebright (1798-1851), of Harewood House, Yorks. and 13 Hanover Square, Mdx.

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b. 29 Oct. 1798, 3rd s. of Henry Lascelles†, 2nd earl of Harewood, and Henrietta, da. of Lt.-Gen. Sir John Saunders Sebright†, 6th bt., of Beechwood, Herts.; bro. of Hon. Henry Lascelles*. m. 14 May 1823, Lady Caroline Georgina Howard, da. of George Howard†, 6th earl of Carlisle, 7s. (3 d.v.p.) 5da. d. 2 July 1851.
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Ensign 1 Ft. Gds. 1817, half-pay 1818, ret. 1837.

PC 22 July 1847; comptroller of household July 1847 – d.

Main residences: Harewood House, Yorks.; 13 Hanover Square, Mdx.
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LASCELLES, Hon. William Saunders Sebright (1798-1851)

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LANGSTON, James Haughton (?1797-1863), of Sarsden House, Chipping Norton, Oxon. and 143 Piccadilly, Mdx.

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b. ?1797, o.s. of John Langston† of Sarsden and Sarah, da. of John Goddard of Woodford Hall, Essex. educ. Eton 1811; Christ Church, Oxf. 23 May 1814, aged 17. m. 6 July 1824, Hon. Julia Moreton, da. of Thomas Reynolds, 4th Bar. Ducie, 1da. suc. fa. 1812. d. 19 Oct. 1863.
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Sheriff, Oxon. 1819 – 20; verderer, Wychwood Forest.

Main residences: Sarsden House, Chipping Norton, Oxon; 143 Piccadilly, Mdx.
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LANGSTON, James Haughton (?1797-1863)

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LANE FOX, Sackville Walter (1797-1874).

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b. 24 Mar. 1797, 2nd s. of James Fox Lane† of Bramham, Yorks. and Hon. Maria Lucy Pitt, da. of George Pitt†, 1st Bar. Rivers; bro. of George Lane Fox*. educ. Eton 1811. m. 22 June 1826, Lady Charlotte Mary Anne Osborne, da. of George, 6th duke of Leeds, 2s. 2da. d. 18 Aug. 1874.
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Ensign and lt. 1 Ft. Gds. 1814, lt. and capt. 1820, ret. 1822.

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LANE FOX, Sackville Walter (1797-1874)

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LANE FOX, George (1793-1848), of Bramham Park, nr. Tadcaster, Yorks.

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b. 4 May 1793, 1st s. of James Fox Lane† of Bramham and Hon. Maria Lucy Pitt, da. of George Pitt†, 1st Bar. Rivers; bro. of Sackville Walter Lane Fox*. educ. Westminster; Emmanuel, Camb. 1811. m. 20 Sept. 1814, Georgiana Henrietta, da. of Edward Pery Buckley of Minestead Lodge, Hants, 1s. 2da. suc. fa. 1821. d. 15 Nov. 1848.
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Main residence: Bramham Park, nr. Tadcaster, Yorks.
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LANE FOX, George (1793-1848)

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LAMBTON, see John George, John George (1792-1840), of Lambton Hall, Chester-Le-Street, co. Dur.; Wimbledon, Surr. and 13 Cleveland Row, Mdx.

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b. 12 Apr. 1792, 1st s. of William Henry Lambton† of Lambton and Lady Anne Barbara Frances Villiers, da. of George Bussy Villiers†, 4th earl of Jersey. educ. by Dr. Thomas Beddoes at Clifton, Glos. 1798-1805; Eton 1805-8. m. (1) 1 Jan. 1812, at Gretna Green, Harriet (d. 11 July 1815), illegit. da. of George James Cholmondeley, 4th earl of Cholmondeley, 3da. d.v.p.; (2) 9 Dec. 1816, Lady Louisa Elizabeth Grey, da. of Charles Grey†, 2nd Earl Grey, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. suc. fa. 1797; cr. Bar. Durham 29 Jan. 1828; earl of Durham 23 Mar. 1833; GCB 27 June 1837. d. 28 July 1840.
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Cornet 1 Drag. 1809, lt. 1810, ret. 1811.

Ld. privy seal Nov. 1830 – Mar. 1833; PC 22 Nov. 1830; spec. mission to Prussia, Russia and Austria 1832; ambassador extraordinary to Russia 1835 – 37; gov.-gen. Canada Jan.-Dec. 1838.

High steward, Hull 1836.

Main residences: Lambton Hall, Chester-Le-Street, co. Dur and Wimbledon, Surr. and 13 Cleveland Row, Mdx.
Notes

See S.J. Reid, Life and Letters of Lord Durham (1906) and C.W. New, Lord Durham (1929). L. Cooper, Radical Jack (1959) draws heavily on these and adds little. See also Oxford DNB.

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LAMBTON, John George (1792-1840)

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LAMBERT, James Staunton (1789-1867), of Creg Clare, co. Galway

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b. 5 Mar. 1789, 1st s. of Walter Lambert of Creg Clare and 2nd w. Catherine, da. and coh. of James Staunton of Waterdale, Herts. educ. Dr. Thomas Jones’s sch. Redland, Bristol, Glos.; Trinity, Dublin 1806; King’s Inns 1809. m. 25 Sept. 1832, Hon. Camden Elizabeth Maclellan Gray, da. and h. of Camden, 10th Lord Kirkcudbright [S], 5s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1822. d. 1 July 1867.
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Sheriff, co. Galway 1814 – 15.

Main residence: Creg Clare, co. Galway, [I].
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LAMBERT, James Staunton (1789-1867)

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LAMB, Hon. William (1779-1848), of Brocket Hall, nr. Hatfield, Herts.

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b. 15 Mar. 1779, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Peniston Lamb†, 1st Visct. Melbourne [I], and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Ralph Milbanke†, 5th bt., of Halnaby Hall, Yorks.; bro. of Hon. George Lamb* and Hon. Peniston Lamb†. educ. privately by Rev. Thomas Marsham, curate of Hatfield, 1785-8; Eton 1788-96; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1796; by Prof. John Millar at Glasgow 1799-1801; L. Inn 1797, called 1804. m. 3 June 1805, Lady Caroline Ponsonby, da. of Frederick Ponsonby†, 3rd earl of Bessborough [I], 1s. surv. d.v.p. 1da. d.v.p. suc. fa. as 2nd Visct. Melbourne [I] and 2nd Bar. [UK] 22 July 1828. d. 24 Nov. 1848.
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Chief sec. to ld. lt. [I] Apr. 1827 – June 1828; PC [UK] 30 Apr. 1827 and [I] 16 July 1827; sec. of state for home affairs Nov. 1830 – July 1834; first ld. of treasury 16 July – 17 Nov. 1834, 18 Apr. 1835–3 Sept. 1841.

Capt. Herts. vol. inf. 1803, maj. 1804.

Main residence: Brocket Hall, nr. Hatfield, Herts.
Notes

The best biography is P. Ziegler, Melbourne (1976); the 1987 edn. has been used here. L.G. Mitchell, Lord Melbourne (1997) offers an updated version of the psychological study by Lord D. Cecil in The Young Melbourne (1939) and Lord M (1954). See also W.M. Torrens, Mems. Visct. Melbourne (1878), Lord Melbourne’s Pprs. ed. L.C. Sanders (1889) and D. Marshall, Lord Melbourne (1975).

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LAMB, Hon. William (1779-1848)

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