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  John George Lambton, 1st earl of Durham - LoveToKnow 1911
JOHN GEORGE LAMBTON DURHAM, 1ST Earl Of (1792-1840), English statesman, son of William Henry Lambton of Lambton Castle, Durham, was born in London on the 12th of April 1792.
Lambton was only five years old when by his father's death at Pisa (1797) he succeeded to large estates in the north of England which had been in the uninterrupted possession of his family since the 12th century.
His grandfather, General John Lambton, had refused a peerage in 1793 out of loyalty to Fox, and his father was not only one of Pitt's keenest opponents, but was chairman of "The Friends of the People" and author of that society's address to the nation in 1792.
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 Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg1189 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
George Frederick D'Arcy LAMBTON was born 5 Sep 1828 and died 27 Nov 1879.
John George LAMBTON was born 19 Jun 1855.
George GREY was born 4 Aug 1713 and was buried 28 Mar 1746.
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  John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (also known as Radical Jack) (London 12 April 1792 28 July 1840 Cowes), was a British Whig statesman and colonial administrator, Governor General and high commissioner of British North America.
The 1st Earl's family and personal fortune was derived largely from mining on lands surrounding Lambton Castle, the ancestral family home in County Durham.
He was maternal grandson of the 4th Earl of Jersey and his wife, who was a mistress to the Prince of Wales, later George IV.
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 Carteret John 1st Earl Granville - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Carteret, John, 1st Earl Granville (1690-1763), British statesman and diplomat, great-grandson of Sir George Carteret, born in Bath, England, and...
Lambton, John George, 1st Earl of Durham: Durham, John George Lambton, 1st Earl of
Durham, John George Lambton, 1st Earl of (1792-1840), British statesman, born in London, and educated at Eton.
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 Lambton Castle at AllExperts
Lambton Castle, located in County Durham, North East England, between the towns of Washington and Chester-le-Street, is the ancestral home of the Lambton family, the Earls of Durham.
Largely constructed in its present form by John George Lambton, first Earl of Durham and one-time Governor General of Canada, in the early 1800s, it was designed by architects Joseph Bonomi the Elder and his son Ignatius and built in the style of a Norman castle.
Lambton Park, which surrounds the castle is bordered by a high wall and is still used for an annual pheasant shoot.
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 James Drummond and the Biddick Earls
Along with his uncle John, James had been one of the seven people to sign the association, engaging themselves to take arms and to venture their lives and fortunes to restore the Stuart family.
John was buried in the Chapel of the English Nuns at Antwerp.
John Armstrong was more than willing to bless the marriage, and, after giving consent, learned the true status of his lodger.
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 John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham Summary
John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792-1840), was the tactless and energetic English statesman best known for his report on Canada, which laid the basis for the country's Dominion status.
John George Lambton was born in London on April 12, 1792.
John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (also known as Radical Jack) GCB PC (London 12 April 1792 28 July 1840 Cowes), was a British Whig statesman and colonial administrator, Governor General and high commissioner of British North America.
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 1ST EARL OF JOHN GEORG... - Online Information article about 1ST EARL OF JOHN GEORG...
DURHAM, JOHN GEORGE LAMBTON, 1ST EARL OF (1792–1840)
NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN DUDLEY, VISCOUNT LISLE, EARL OF WARWICK
MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 1ST OR 6TH EARL OF (d.
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 City of Toronto: Parks and Recreation - Lambton Woods Park Additional Information
Lambton Woods takes its name from the Village of Lambton Mills, a major 19th century community at the crossing of the Humber River and Dundas Street West.
To commemorate a visit in 1838 by John George Lambton, first Earl of Durham, the name was changed to the "Village of Lambton Mills".
Lambton Mills was served by a church, school, and post office which received mail daily.
www.toronto.ca /parks/parks_gardens/lambtonwoods2.htm   (283 words)

  
 Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Radical tendencies were not new in his family: his father had acquired a reputation as a revolutionary by helping to found the Society of the Friends of the People in 1792 and the society had delegated him to present a petition to parliament strongly urging reform of the House of Commons.
Thus John and his brother William Henry went to live with a family friend, Dr Thomas Beddoes, a scientist whose radical ideas were well known.
John George Lambton’s Report on the affairs of British North America, from the Earl of Durham.
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 Stall-Plates of the Knights of the Garter
George's Chapel owes much to his generosity and his skill as a designer, though he should not properly be described as its architect.
Daughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, K.G. Married John I, King of Portugal, K.G. 1378 Elizabeth, Duchess of Exeter.
Daughter of John (Beaufort), Duke of Somerset, K.G. Married Edmund (Tudor), Earl of Richmond, and was mother of Henry VII.
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 City of Toronto: Parks and Recreation - Lambton Woods Park Additional Information
Lambton Woods takes its name from the Village of Lambton Mills, a major 19th century community at the crossing of the Humber River and Dundas Street West.
To commemorate a visit in 1838 by John George Lambton, first Earl of Durham, the name was changed to the "Village of Lambton Mills".
Lambton Mills was served by a church, school, and post office which received mail daily.
www.city.toronto.on.ca /parks/parks_gardens/lambtonwoods2.htm   (283 words)

  
 thePeerage.com - Lady Frances Charlotte Lambton and others
She was the daughter of John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham and Harriet Cholmondeley.
She married John George Brabazon Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough, son of John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough and Lady Maria Fane, on 8 September 1835 in Cleveland Row, St. James's, London, England.
She married John George Brabazon Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough, son of John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough and Lady Maria Fane, on 4 October 1849.
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 Carter Family History
John LAMBTON married Lady Susan LYON who was the great x4 aunt of Queen Elizabeth II, through her mother Elizabeth "the Queen Mum" who just passed away at the age of 101 on the 30th March 2002.
John Chlton Lambton CARTER lll, who went by ' Lambton' and signed his name J.C. Lambton CARTER was born on the 31 Jan 1817 in Donegal,Ireland where his father was stationed with the British Forces.
Lambton's second marriage was to Mary Catherine SULLIVAN (1856-1934) daughter of John SULLIVAN and Catherine RIORDAN of Ballingarry, Limerick,Ireland, 11 Sep 1874.
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 BBC - h2g2 - The Lambton Worm
Built in 1844 by Thomas Pratt in memory of John George Lambton 1st Earl of Durham, Penshaw Monument stands on Penshaw Hill, pronounced Pensher locally and in the song 'The Lambton Worm'.
How Lambton recognised it to be the same worm neither the song nor the alledged legend explains but as luck would have it, a witch was on hand with advice on how to kill the worm.
Lambton senior, it is said, tried to be a bit clever and released a dog as a potential sacrifice but was in fact (?) himself seen by his son, who although given to chucking worms down wells, could not bring himself to kill his father.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/getwriting/A874262   (487 words)

  
 thePeerage.com - John George Lambton, 3rd Earl of Durham and others
She married John Frederick Lambton, 5th Earl of Durham, son of Frederick William Lambton, 4th Earl of Durham and Beatrice Bulteel, on 12 November 1919.
She married John Frederick Lambton, 5th Earl of Durham, son of Frederick William Lambton, 4th Earl of Durham and Beatrice Bulteel, on 4 March 1931.
She married John Frederick Campbell of Cawdor, 1st Earl Cawdor of Castlemartin, son of John Campbell of Cawdor, 1st Baron Cawdor of Castlemartin and Lady Isabella Caroline Howard, on 5 September 1816 in Grosvenor Square, London, England.
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 The Lambtons
The Lambtons have been in the area since the beginning of the 13th Century.
The family seat is to be found at Lambton Castle, some five kilometres to the west of Penshaw Monument.
John George Lambton was born on 12th April 1792.
www.rcdhn.org.uk /about_the_diocese/lambtons.htm   (441 words)

  
 English boys clothing: The Lambtons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
John George Lambton, First Eart of Durham, was a noted English statesman.
I believe the Honorable George Lambton was a grandson of John George Lambton.
The onlu sgnifican differences are the hats (hers has plumes), the hair (she has ringlers), and the fact ghat she sits side saddle while her brother sits manly astride the horse, despite his dress.
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 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Russell (of Kingston Russell), John Russell, 1st Earl, Viscount Amberley Of Amberley And Of Ardsalla
Russell was the third son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford.
Russell, John Russell, 1st Earl, Viscount Amberley Of Amberley And Of Ardsalla...
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 John George Lambton, Earl of Durham
John George Lambton, Earl of Durham, commonly referred to as Lord Durham (1792-1840), was a British Whig statesman and colonial administrator, Governor General and high commissioner of British North America.
As Lord Privy Seal in the administration of Lord Grey he helped draft the reform bill of 1832.
He is less well considered for his idea of merging Upper and Lower Canada into one colony, since this was proposed with the express end of trying encourage the extinction of the French language and culture through intermingling with the more numerous English.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Carteret John 1st Earl Granville   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Carteret, John, 1st Earl Granville (1690-1763), British statesman and diplomat, great-grandson of Sir George Carteret, born in Bath, England, and...
Russell, John, 1st Earl Russell of Kingston Russell (1792-1878), British prime minister and liberal reformer.
Jellicoe, John Rushworth, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859-1935), British admiral, born in Southampton, England.
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 Lamberton Lambert Lambton
John de (of) Lamtun, first mentioned on a charter of Finchale Abbey in 1189 A.D., and William de (of) Lambertun, first mentioned on a charter of King David I of Scotland in 1136 A.D. The relationship between the two branches of the family are shown by their Coats of Arms;
Whilst the Lambton branch of the family had been calling themselves Lords of Lambton in the Palatinate of Durham (virtually a separate kingdom ruled by the Bishops) for centuries, the family was not recognised by the English monarchy until 1614, when King James VI of Scotland became King James I of England.
Henry Lambton, 1666 A.D, was one of the magistrates who successfully fought the battle of the freeholders of the County and City of Durham for the right to send representatives to the House of Commons.
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 Durham, John George Lambton, 1st Earl of
Two nations warring in the bosom of a single state was Lord Durham's assessment of the relationship between Lower Canada's two linguistic communities (courtesy Library and Archives Canada/C-121846).
Durham, John George Lambton, 1st Earl of, politician, diplomat, colonial administrator (b at London, Eng 12 Apr 1792; d at Cowes, Eng 28 July 1840).
Scion of a wealthy Northumberland family, Durham was educated at Eton, briefly held an army commission, was elected to the Commons in 1813 and raised to the Lords in 1828.
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 Durham John George Lambton 1st Earl Of: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
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DURHAM, JOHN GEORGE LAMBTON, 1ST EARL OF dur m, 1792 1840, British...recommending political reforms.
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 George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham at AllExperts
George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham (September 5 1828 â€" November 27 1879) was a British peer and the son of John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham.
George Lambton (23 December 1860 â€" 23 July 1945), married Cicely Margaret Horner and had issue.
Sir William Lambton (4 December 1863 â€" 11 October 1936), married (as her 2nd husband) 22 April 1921 Lady Katherine de Vere Somerset, nee Beauclerk, daughter of William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans.
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 English boys clothing: The Lambtons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
John George Lambton, First Eart of Durham, was a noted English statesman.
I believe the Honorable George Lambton was a grandson of John George Lambton.
The onlu sgnifican differences are the hats (hers has plumes), the hair (she has ringlers), and the fact ghat she sits side saddle while her brother sits manly astride the horse, despite his dress.
histclo.com /bio/g/bio-lamb.html   (380 words)

  
 Earl of Durham John George Lambton Biography
John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, commonly referred to as Lord Durham (12 April 1792 - 28 July 1840), was a British Whig statesman and colonial administrator, Governor-General and high commissioner of British North America.
He was maternal grandson of the 4th Earl of Jersey and his wife, who was a mistress to the Prince of Wales, later George IV.
One of his daughters married another Governor General of Canada, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, who was later Viceroy of India; their son the 9th Earl of Elgin also became Viceroy of India, the only father and son to hold that office and position1.
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 John George Lambton, 1st earl of Durham - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Durham, John George Lambton, 1st earl of, 1792-1840, British statesman.
A stormy liberal career in Parliament (1813-32), which earned him the nickname Radical Jack, culminated in the important role he played in drafting the Reform Bill of 1832 and forcing it through the House of Lords.
Other recommendations included reform of the land laws, railroad building to unify the country, and the union of Upper and Lower Canada to improve administration and finance and to extinguish the nationalism of the French Canadians.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Durham-J.html   (291 words)

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