Family and Education
b. 12 Apr. 1792, 1st s. of William Henry Lambton† of Lambton and Lady Anne Barbara Frances Villiers, da. of George Bussy Villiers†, 4th earl of Jersey. educ. by Dr. Thomas Beddoes at Clifton, Glos. 1798-1805; Eton 1805-8. m. (1) 1 Jan. 1812, at Gretna Green, Harriet (d. 11 July 1815), illegit. da. of George James Cholmondeley, 4th earl of Cholmondeley, 3da. d.v.p.; (2) 9 Dec. 1816, Lady Louisa Elizabeth Grey, da. of Charles Grey†, 2nd Earl Grey, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. suc. fa. 1797; cr. Bar. Durham 29 Jan. 1828; earl of Durham 23 Mar. 1833; GCB 27 June 1837. d. 28 July 1840.
Offices Held
Cornet 1 Drag. 1809, lt. 1810, ret. 1811.
Ld. privy seal Nov. 1830 – Mar. 1833; PC 22 Nov. 1830; spec. mission to Prussia, Russia and Austria 1832; ambassador extraordinary to Russia 1835 – 37; gov.-gen. Canada Jan.-Dec. 1838.
High steward, Hull 1836.
Main residences: Lambton Hall, Chester-Le-Street, co. Dur and Wimbledon, Surr. and 13 Cleveland Row, Mdx.
Notes
See S.J. Reid, Life and Letters of Lord Durham (1906) and C.W. New, Lord Durham (1929). L. Cooper, Radical Jack (1959) draws heavily on these and adds little. See also Oxford DNB.
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Commons 1820-1832
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LAMBTON, John George (1792-1840)
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