Palmerston
HENRY JOHN TEMPLE, VISCOUNT, an English statesman; born in 1784. In 1807 he was named a lord of the Admiralty under the Tory administration of the Duke of Portland. In 1809 he was appointed Secretary of War, and remained in the LORD PALMERSTON fall of the Coalition ministry in 1855; immediately after which Lord Palmerston reached the apex of power as First Lord of the Treasury, and prime minister of Great Britain. As prime minister he successfully carried out the policy of alliance with France and the war with Russia which ended with the fall of Sebastopol, in September, 1855. Feebly supported, however, by his colleagues, he lost strength in the House, and his administration finally fell, February, 1858, on the Conspiracy Bill. The second Derby administration succeeded, but a year later Palmerston was again called to be prime minister. With surprising PALMETTO energy and industry, he directed the English policy through the Italian War, the American War, and the Polish insurrection. He died Oct. 18, 1865.