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LAMBTON, JOHN GEORGE, 1st Earl of DURHAM, colonial administrator; b. 12 April 1792 in London, eldest son of William Henry Lambton and Lady Anne Barbara Frances Villiers, daughter of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey; m. first 1 Jan. 1812 Harriet Cholmondeley at Gretna Green, Scotland, and they had three daughters; m.
29 de may. de 2018 · Durham, John George Lambton, 1st Earl of (1792–1840) British statesman. One of the drafters of the Great Reform Act of 1832, he led the radical wing of the Whig Party. As governor general of Canada (1838), he produced a report which became the basis of British colonial policy.
He was created Baron Durham in 1828. When his father‐in‐law Grey became premier in 1830, Durham joined the cabinet and helped to draft the ministry's Reform Bill. He was promoted earl of Durham in 1834. From 1835 to 1837 he was ambassador to Russia. After a rebellion in Canada in 1838, he was sent there and produced the Durham Report.
Lambton was born on 5 September 1828 at Copse Hill, Wimbledon and was baptised at St Mary's Church, Wimbledon on 29 September that year. [1] He was the second (and, later, eldest surviving) son of John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, and his second wife Lady Louisa Elizabeth. [2] His mother was a daughter of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey.
LAMBTON, JOHN GEORGE, 1st Earl of DURHAM, colonial administrator; b. 12 April 1792 in London, eldest son of William Henry Lambton and Lady Anne Barbara Frances Villiers, daughter of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey; m. first 1 Jan. 1812 Harriet Cholmondeley at Gretna Green, Scotland, and they had three daughters; m.
John George Lambton, first Earl of Durham, eldest son of William Henry Lambton, of Lambton, co. Durham, M.P. for the city of Durham, by his wife, Lady Anne Barbara Frances Villiers, second daughter of George, fourth earl of Jersey, was born in Berkeley Square, London, on 12 April 1792. On the death of his father at Pisa in November 1797, he ...
Durham was the eldest surviving son of John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, and his second wife Lady Louisa Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. He served as Lord-Lieutenant of County Durham from 1854 to 1879. Lord Durham married Lady Beatrix Frances Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, on 23 May 1854.
