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The Right Honourable
The Viscount Palmerston
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office
6 February 1855 – 19 February 1858
12 June 1859 – 18 October 1865
Preceded by The Earl of Aberdeen
The Earl of Derby
Succeeded by The Earl of Derby
The Earl Russell
Personal details
Born (1784-10-20)20 October 1784
Broadlands, Hampshire
Died 18 October 1865(1865-10-18) (aged 80)
Brocket, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Political party Liberal

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (born October 20, 1784 – died October 18, 1865) was an important British statesman. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom two times in the mid-19th century. He started his career in parliament as a Tory politician. Later, he became a Liberal.

Palmerston is best known for guiding Britain's foreign policy. This was a time when the United Kingdom was very powerful. He worked as both the Foreign Secretary and the Prime Minister. Some of his strong actions, sometimes called 'liberal interventionist', were not always popular. Even Queen Victoria and some other politicians did not always agree with him.


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  • Palmerston 1802

    Temple (age 18) in 1802, by Thomas Heaphy

  • BritishEmpire1815

    The British Empire at the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815

  • Viscount Palmerston statue

    Statue of Palmerston in Parliament Square, London, by Thomas Woolner

  • Southampton-Palmerston-Statue

    Statue of Palmerston in Southampton

  • 3rd Viscount Palmerston young

    Palmerston (age 50s), c. 1830s–1840s

  • Canton from the Heights

    British bombardment of Canton from the surrounding heights, May 1841

  • Emily Lamb by William Owen

    Portrait of Emily Lamb, then Countess Cowper, by William Owen, ca. 1810

  • Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston by John Partridge

    Palmerston, c. 1845

  • British General Cathcart death at Inkerman

    Battle of Inkerman, November 1854

  • Lord Palmerston 1855

    Lord Palmerston, c. 1855 by Francis Cruikshank

  • Lord Palmerston-engraving

    Original engraving by D.J. Pound, from a photograph by Mayall, the Right Honourable Viscount Palmerston, G.C.B. K.G., Prime Minister. From the "Supplement to the Illustrated News of the World" ca 1855–58.

  • Lord-Palmerston-Addressing-The-House-Of-Commons-During-The-Debates-On-The-Treaty-Of-France-In-February-1860,-1863

    Lord Palmerston Addressing the House of Commons During the Debates on the Treaty of France in February 1860, as painted by John Phillip (1863)

  • The Secret of England's Greatness' (Queen Victoria presenting a Bible in the Audience Chamber at Windsor) by Thomas Jones Barker

    Palmerston, Lord Russell and Prince Albert looking on as Queen Victoria presents a Bible to an African ruler who is bowing down before her

  • Lord Palmerston 1863

    Carte de visite depicting Palmerston, 1863

  • Palmerston - geograph.org.uk - 259077

    Palmerston's Memorial in Southampton

  • Lord-palmerston

    Palmerston addressing the House of Commons

  • Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston - Project Gutenberg eText 13103

    Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

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