(George Frederick) D'Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham (5 September 1828 – 27 November 1879), styled Viscount Lambton from 1833 to 1840, was a
British peer.
Early life
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.
He was the second (and, later, eldest surviving) son of
John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, and his second wife Lady Louisa Elizabeth.
His mother was a daughter of
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. He was known by his third name of D'Arcy, the maiden name of an ancestor whose inheritance included land surrounding what would later become
Lambton Castle. From his father's first marriage to Harriet Cholmondeley (the illegitimate daughter of
George Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley), his elder half-sister was Lady Frances Charlotte Lambton, who married
John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough.
At age 11, Lambton inherited the earldom of Durham when his father, who served as
British Ambassador to Russia
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and
Governor-General of Canada, died in 1840. His mother died from a severe cold just over a year later. He attended
Cambridge University in 1846.
Public life
Lord Durham served as
Lord-Lieutenant of County Durham
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* Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland 1552–?
* Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon 2 August 1586 – 1595
*''vacant''
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from 1854 to 1879.
On 19 July 1877, the Earl of Durham signed a document giving an acre of his land to be used for the construction of a church in the newly formed parish of Fatfiel
Fatfield, St George's church, Washingtonwas completed in 1879 and was built in the Early English Gothic style.
Personal life
On 23 May 1854, Lord Durham married Lady Beatrix Frances Hamilton (1835–1871) at
St George's, Hanover Square
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. Lady Beatrix was the second daughter of
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn and Lady Louisa Jane Russell (a daughter of
John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford. Together, they had thirteen children:
*
John George Lambton, 3rd Earl of Durham (1855–1928), who married Ethel Elizabeth Louisa Milner, a daughter of Henry Beilby William Milner.
He had a child out of wedlock with the dancer
Letty Lind.
*
Frederick William Lambton, 4th Earl of Durham (1855–1929) who married Beatrix Bulteel, a daughter of John Bulteel.
* Adm. Hon. Sir
Hedworth Lambton (later Meux) (1856–1929),
Admiral of the Fleet, who married Hon. Mildred Cecilia Harriet, Dowager Viscountess Chelsea, daughter of
Henry Sturt, 1st Baron Alington
Henry Gerard Sturt, 1st Baron Alington (16 May 1825 – 17 February 1904), was a British peer, Conservative Party politician, and notorious slum landlord in the East End of London.
Early life
He was the son of Henry Sturt, a landowner and poli ...
, on 18 April 1910. They had no issue.
* Hon. Charles Lambton (1857–1949), who married Lavinia Marion Garforth and had issue.
* Lady Beatrix Louisa Lambton (1859–1944), who married
Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke and had issue.
* Hon.
George Lambton (1860–1945), who married Cicely Margaret Horner and had issue.
* Lady Katherine Frances Lambton (1862–1952), who married
George Osborne, 10th Duke of Leeds and had issue.v
* Maj.-Gen. Hon. Sir
William Lambton (1863–1936), who married (as her second husband) Lady Katherine de Vere Somerset, née Beauclerk, daughter of
William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans on 22 April 1921. They had no issue.
* Hon. Claud Lambton (1865–1945), who married Lettice Wormald and had issue.
* Captain The Hon. D'Arcy Lambton Royal Navy (1866–1954), married Florence Ethel Sproule and had issue.
* Lady Eleanor Lambton (1868–1959), who married
Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood.
* Lady Anne Lambton (1869–1922).
* Hon. Francis Lambton (1871–1914), who was
killed in action near
Zandvoorde, Belgium, during
World War I.
The Countess of Durham died on 21 January 1871, aged 35, and just three days after the birth of her youngest child. In 1876, Lord Durham had his right eye removed after he was shot by his son, Charles, while on a shooting party. Lord Durham died at 6:05pm on 27 November 1879 at his town house on Hill Street in Mayfair, aged 51, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest twin son
John. The Earl and Countess and some of their children are buried in St Barnabas' Church,
Bournmoor
Bournmoor ( or ) is a village in County Durham, England, and is situated a short distance from Chester-le-Street.
It contains St Barnabas' Church, which houses the Frostley Angel. Originally part of the Lambton Castle estate, the village develop ...
, which the Earl had built at his own expense when the parish was created in 1867.
References
External links
George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durhamat the
National Portrait Gallery, London
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London housing a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. It was arguably the first national public gallery dedicated to portraits in the world when it ...
.
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1828 births
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