What is Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] | name = The Viscount Palmerston | honorific_suffix = [[Order of the Garter|KG]] [[Order of the Bath|GCB]] [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]] | image=Henry John Temple (cropped).png | order=[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] | term_start =6 February 1855 | term_end =19 February 1858<br>12 June 1859 – 18 October 1865 | predecessor =[[George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen|The Earl of Aberdeen]]<br>[[Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby|The Earl of Derby]] | successor =[[Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby|The Earl of Derby]]<br>[[John Russell, 1st Earl Russell|The Earl Russell]] | birth_date ={{birth date|df=yes|1784|10|20}} | birth_place =[[Broadlands]], [[Hampshire]] | death_date ={{death date and age|df=yes|1865|10|18|1784|10|20}} | death_place =[[Brocket]], [[Hertfordshire]], [[United Kingdom]] | party=[[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] }} '''Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston''', [[Order of the Garter|KG]], [[Order of the Bath|GCB]], [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]] (20 October 1784 – 18 October 1865) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[politician|statesman]] who served twice as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] in the mid-[[19th century]]. He began his [[parliament]]ary career as a [[Tory]] and ended it as a [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]. He is best remembered for his leading of British [[foreign policy]] in a period of time when the United Kingdom was at its strongest. He served as both [[Foreign Secretary]] and Prime Minister. Some of his actions, now sometimes called 'liberal interventionist', were disliked by the Queen and by many of his fellow politicians. {{UKPrimeMinisters|Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount}} [[Category:1784 births]] [[Category:1865 deaths]] [[Category:People buried in Westminster Abbey]] [[Category:Irish Viscounts]] [[Category:UK MPs 1807–1