Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne, known as Sir Peniston Lamb, 2nd Baronet, from 1768 to 1770, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1793. He was the father of Prim
Detail from The Milbanke and Melbourne Families by George Stubbs, 1769
Lady Melbourne with her eldest son
Portrait of Lord Melbourne by John Partridge.
Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne was one of the most influential of the political hostesses of the extended Regency period, and the wife of Whig politician Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne.
Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne
…Lincoln's Inn in 1769. He succeeded in the baronetcy on his father's death on 6 November 1768 and inherited Melbourne Hall in Derbyshire. He married Elizabeth Milbanke (1751–1818), daughter of Sir Ralph Milbanke, 5th Baronet, on 13 April 1769. She was a young woman of great beauty, intelligence and strong character…
Portrait by George Romney
Portrait of Sir Ralph Milbanke by James Northcote, 1784
The Milbanke and Melbourne Families by George Stubbs, 1769
Lady Melbourne with the Duchess of Devonshire and Anne Damer in Witches Round the Cauldron by Daniel Gardner (1775)