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Melbourne, Derbyshire
Melbourne
is a former
market town
in
South Derbyshire
,
England
. It is about south of
Derby
, north of
Swadlincote
and from the
River Trent
. In 1837 a
then tiny settlement in Australia
was named after
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
,
Queen Victoria
's first Prime Minister, and thus indirectly takes its name from the village.
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