William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne and her mother's adviser, Sir John Conroy. Over the next four years Melbourne trained her in the art of politics, and the two became friends: Victoria was quoted as saying she considered him like a father (her own had died when she was only eight months old), and Melbourne's son had died at a young age. Melbourne was given a private apartment at Windsor Castle, and unfounded rumours circulated for a time that Victoria would marry Melbourne, 40 years her senior. Tutoring Victoria was the climax of Melbourne's career: the prime minister spent four to five hours a day visiting
William Drummond, 1st Viscount Strathallan which were privately printed by David Laing, 4to, Edinburgh, 1831 (Lowndes, Bibl. Manual, ed. Bohn, ii. 677). A few of his letters to Glencairn, Tweeddale, Lauderdale, and Lady Lauderdale, are preserved among the Additional MSS. in the British Museum (Addit. MS. 4156; Index to Cat. of Additions to the MSS. 1854–75, p. 447). William Drummond, 1st Viscount Strathallan William Drummond, 1st Viscount of Strathallan, Lord Drummond of Cromlix (1617?–1688), was a Scottish soldier and politician. He served as a Commissioner for Perthshire in the parliaments of 1669-74, 1681-2 and 1685-6, and at the Convention of Estates of 1678. Drummond was