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Life of Viscount Palmerston

by Lloyd Charles SANDERS (1857 - 1927)

Ch. 5: Aberdeen at the Foreign Office. 1841-1846, Pt. 1

This is a short life of Henry John Temple (1784-1865), Third Viscount Palmerston, Great Britain's affable, able, and always available Foreign Secretary, Home Secretary, and Prime Minister. Sanders writes that by 1841 Palmerston "had raised the prestige of England throughout Europe to a height which it had not occupied since Waterloo. He created Belgium, saved Portugal and Spain from absolutism, rescued Turkey from Russia, and the highway to India from France." (Pamela Nagami)

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Listen next episodes of Life of Viscount Palmerston:
Ch. 5: Aberdeen at the Foreign Office. 1841-1846, Pt. 2 , Ch. 8: Palmerston and the Court. 1849-1852, Pt. 2 , Ch. 9: The Aberdeen Ministry. 1852-1855, Pt. 2 , Ch. 10: The Conclusion of the Russian War. 1855-1856, Pt. 2 , Ch. 11: Wars and Rumours of Wars. 1856-1859, Pt. 2 , Ch. 12: Lord Palmerston and Italy. 1848-1861, Pt. 2 , Ch. 14: France and the United States. 1860-1863, Pt. 2 , Ch. 15: Poland and Schleswig-Holstein. 1863-1865, Pt. 2 , Ch. 10: The Conclusion of the Russian War. 1855-1856, Pt. 1 , Ch. 11: Wars and Rumours of Wars. 1856-1859, Pt. 1 , Ch. 12: Lord Palmerston and Italy. 1848-1861, Pt. 1 , Ch. 13: Home Affairs. 1859-1865, Pt. 1 , Ch. 13: Home Affairs. 1859-1865, Pt. 2 , Ch. 14: France and the United States. 1860-1863, Pt. 1 , Ch. 15: Poland and Schleswig-Holstein. 1863-1865, Pt. 1 , Ch. 6: The Spanish Marriages. 1846, Pt. 1 , Ch. 6: The Spanish Marriages. 1846, Pt. 2 , Ch. 7: Years of Revolution. 1846-1849, Pt. 1 , Ch. 7: Years of Revolution. 1846-1849, Pt. 2 , Ch. 8: Palmerston and the Court. 1849-1852, Pt. 1 , Ch. 9: The Aberdeen Ministry. 1852-1855, Pt. 1