Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Viscount Melbourne was a title created for Peniston Lamb in 1781 in the peerage of Ireland. He had already been made a baron in 1770 and in 1815 he was made an English peer. The second Earl served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, while his brother, the third Earl, was a dipolmat. The title became extinct on the death of the 3rd Viscount, Frederick Lamb. Viscounts Melbourne (1781) Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne (1748-1829) William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848) Frederick James Lamb, 3rd Viscount Melbourne (1782-1853) Reference MELBOURNE, WILLIAM LAMB, 2ND VISCOUNT (1779-1848), 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica; [1] This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.