HENRY JOHN TEMPLE, 3rd VISCOUNT PALMERSTON - WikiVidi Documentary
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister in the mid-19th century. Palmerston dominated British foreign policy during the period 1830 to 1865, when Britain was at the height of her imperial power. He held office almost continuously from 1807 until his death in 1865. He began his parliamentary career as a Tory, defected to the Whigs in 1830, and became the first Prime Minister of the newly formed Liberal Party in 1859. Palmerston succeeded to his father's Irish peerage in 1802. He became a Tory MP in 1807 . From 1809 to 1828 he served as Secretary at War, in which post he was responsible for the organisation of the finances of the army. He first attained Cabinet rank in 1827, when George Canning became Prime Minister, but, like other Canningites, he resigned from office one year subsequently. He served as Foreign Secretary from 1830–34, from 1835–41, and from 1846–51. In this office, Palmerston responded efficaciously to a...
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00:03:29 Early life: 1784–1806
00:22:51 Early political career: 1806–1809
00:25:37 Secretary at War: 1809–1828
00:29:03 Opposition: 1828–1830
00:29:48 Crises of 1830
00:31:02 Belgium
00:32:19 France, Spain and Portugal 1830s
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