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Palmerston

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Pal·mer·ston  (pämr-stn, päl-), Third Viscount. Title of Henry John Temple. 1784-1865.
British politician remembered for his efforts to maintain the balance of power in Europe. He served as foreign secretary (1830-1834, 1835-1841, and 1846-1851) and prime minister (1855-1858 and 1859-1865).
Palmerston [ˈpɑːməstən]
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(Placename) the former name (1869-1911) of Darwin1
Palmerston2
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(Biographies / Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865) M, British, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: prime minister) Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston. 1784-1865, British statesman; foreign secretary (1830-34; 1835-41; 1846-51); prime minister (1855-58; 1859-65). His talent was for foreign affairs, in which he earned a reputation as a British nationalist and for high-handedness and gunboat diplomacy


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Having proposed his Resolution with discreet brevity of speech, Mirabel courted popularity on the plan adopted by the late Lord Palmerston in the House of Commons--he told stories, and made jokes, adapted to the intelligence of the dullest people who were listening to him.
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