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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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		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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		Durham, John George Lambton, 1st Earl of (1792-1840), British statesman, born in London, and educated at Eton.
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		Durham, John George Lambton, 1st earl of[dUr´ um] Pronunciation Key, 1792–1840, British statesman.
		Durham submitted (1839) the Report on the Affairs of British North America, which has been called the Magna Carta of the British colonies.
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		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.
		He also recommended a reorganization of the system of colonial government, but the British government refused to accept the principle of RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT (a term for which Durham refused to accept paternity because of its ambiguity) because it was not prepared to accept the inevitability of a form of party government in the colonies.
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		Lady Emily Lambton was the daughter of John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham and Louisa Elizabeth Grey.
		John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham was the son of William Henry Lambton and Anne Barbara Frances Child-Villiers.
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	Encyclopedia: John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham
		Lambton Castle, located in Washington, Tyne and Wear in the north east of England, is the ancestral home of the Lambton family, Earls of Durham.
		George IV King of the United Kingdom George IV (George Augustus Frederick) (12 August 1762–26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 29 January 1820.
		Peers The title of Earl of Durham was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1833 for John George Lambton, 1st Baron Durham, a prominent Whig politician.
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	DURHAM, JOHN GEORGE LAMBTON, 1ST EARL OF (17921840) - Encyclopedia Britannica - DURHAM, JOHN GEORGE LAMBTON, 1ST EARL ...
		DURHAM, JOHN GEORGE LAMBTON, 1ST EARL OF (17921840), English statesman, son of William Henry Lambton of Lambton Castle, Durham, was born in London on the 12th of April 1792.
		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.
		By his first wife Durham had three daughters; by his second, who was a lady of the bedchamber to Queen Victoria but resigned on her husband's return from Canada, he had two sons and three daughters.
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		The notable Whig politician John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, was sent to the Canadas in 1838 to investigate and report on the causes of the rebellions of 1837-38.
		Durham wrote that he had assumed he would find that the rebellions were based on liberalism and economics, but he eventually concluded that the real problem was the ethnic conflict between French and English.
		Durham resigned on September 29 and was soon replaced by Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham, who was responsible for implementing the Union of the Canadas.
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		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
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	Durham, John George Lambton, 1st Earl of
		Durham listened sympathetically to the English-speaking reformers in the colonies.
		Durham based his recommendations on his analysis of the causes of the rebellions.
		The British supported Durham's plan to bury the French in a union of the two Canadas.
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		John George Lambton was the 3rd Earl of Durham and grandson of famous British statesman and colonial administrator, John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham.
		From 1919 till 1928, he served as chancellor of the University of Durham.
		The University of Durham is a university in England.
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		Robert Bruce, 2nd Earl of Elgin was the son of Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin and Anne Chichester.
		George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham was the son of John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham and Louisa Elizabeth Grey.
		She married George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham, son of John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham and Louisa Elizabeth Grey, on 23 May 1854 at London, England.
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		This land was owned by the powerful Lambton family and the monument was erected in 1844 by private subscription to commemorate John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792-1840).
		Lambton died at Cowes on the Isle of Wight and his body lay in state on the yacht Albatross moored at Sunderland.
		The Lambton family are linked with the legend of the Lambton Worm which is told in the song of the same name.
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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.
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	BBC - h2g2 - The Lambton Worm
		How Lambton recognised it to be the same worm neither the song nor the alleged 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 seen by his son, who although given to chucking worms down wells, could not bring himself to kill his father.
		Sir John Lambton was invited to defeat the worm, which indeed he did, then coming up with the innovative suggestion of making the dead creature into a gigantic sausage to feed to the poor people on the London streets.
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		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.
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		The title of Earl of Durham was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1833 for John Lambton, 1st Baron Durham, a prominent Whig politician and author of the famous Report on the Affairs of British North America known in Canada as the Durham Report.
		The Earls of Durham hold the subsidiary titles Viscount Lambton (1833) and Baron Durham, of the City of Durham and of Lambton Castle in the County Palatine of Durham (1828), both in the Peerage of the UK.
		The heir apparent usually uses the courtesy title Viscount Lambton, but the heir to the disclaimed 6th Earl uses the title Lord Durham to avoid confusion with his father, who continues improperly to style himself Viscount Lambton.
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		Lambton, John George, 1st Earl of Durham (1792-1840), British statesman, born in London and educated at Eton College.
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