"I don't like the middle classes, the higher and lower classes, there's some good in them; but the middle class are all affectation and conceit and pretence and concealment."
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Speaking to Queen Victoria, quoted in P. J. Helm, Modern British History, Part One: 1815-1914. (1965), p. 53
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William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
1830 – 1834
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (15 March 1779 – 24 November 1848) was a British Whig statesman who served as Home Secretary (1830–1834) and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834 and 1835–1841).
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