The 1865 United Kingdom general election was held 7 July 1865 to 24 July 1865 to elect 658 members of the House of Commons. It saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority o
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Edward Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, known as Lord Palmerston, was an Anglo-Irish nobleman and statesman who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1855 to 1858 and from 1859 to his deat
1865 United Kingdom general election
…The 1865 United Kingdom general election was held 7 July 1865 to 24 July 1865 to elect 658 members of the House of Commons. It saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives to 80. Palmerston died in October the same year and was succeeded by Lord John…
Temple (age 18) in 1802, by Thomas Heaphy
Statue of Lord Palmerston, Parliament Square, London, by Thomas Woolner
Statue of Palmerston in Southampton