His premiership also saw the transfer of control of the British East India Company to the Crown and the rebuffing of Confederate attempts at an alliance.
He was cited, at the age of 79, as a respondent in a divorce case, and the Times of London took to calling him "Lord Cupid" for his notorious womanizing ways. As Prime Minister, he had to deal with incidents involving the Arrow and the Trent and he oversaw both the Second Opium War and the Sepoy Mutiny. As Foreign Secretary, he had supported Don Pacifico's claims in Greece. His premiership also saw the transfer of control of the British East India Company to the Crown and the rebuffing of Confederate attempts at an alliance. FTP, name this noted nationalist who was Prime Minister of England during the American Civil War.
He was cited, at the age of 79, as a respondent in a divorce case, and the Times of London took to calling him "Lord Cupid" for his notorious womanizing ways.
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston [accept either]