Family and Education
b. 12 Apr. 1792, 1st s. of William Henry Lambton of Lambton by Lady Anne Barbara Frances Villiers, da. of George Bussy Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey. educ. by Dr Thomas Beddoes of Clifton 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.; (2) 9 Dec. 1816, Lady Louisa Elizabeth Grey, da. of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, 2s. 3da. suc. fa. 1797; cr. Baron Durham 29 Jan. 1828; Earl of Durham 23 Mar. 1833; GCB 27 June 1837.
Offices Held
Cornet 10 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 residence: Lambton Hall, co. Dur.
Notes
See S. J. Reid, Life and Letters of Lord Durham, 2 vols. (1906); C. W. New, Lord Durham (1929); and L. Cooper, Radical Jack (1959).
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Commons 1790-1820
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LAMBTON, John George (1792-1840)
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