General A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". O ...

John Lambton (26 July 1710 – 22 March 1794) of Harraton Hall, later of Lambton Castle, County Durham, was a senior officer in the

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and a

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Life

Lambton was the fourth son of

Ralph Lambton Ralph Lambton Esq. (c. 1651–1717) was an ancestor of the Earl of Durham. Biography Lambton was born around 1651 in Chester-Le-Street, Durham, England, Durham, England to Henry Lambton (d. 1693), Henry Lambton (son of Colonel Sir William Lambto ...

(c. 1651–1717) and educated at

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. He was commissioned as an ensign in the Coldstream Guards in 1732, then promoted to lieutenant in 1739, captain and lieutenant-colonel in 1746 and colonel of the 68th Foot in 1758, a position he held until his death. He was made a full general on 20 November 1782. He was

for Durham City from 1762 to 1787. He died on 22 March 1794.

Family

He married Lady Susan Lyon (died 1769), daughter of

Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore (1704 – 18 January 1753) was a Scottish nobleman, and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1735, when he resigned upon succeeding to the peerage as Earl of Strathmore. Lyon was bap ...

, in 1763. Their children included: * William Henry Lambton of Lambton (1764–1797), who succeeded him as MP for Durham City and father of the First Earl of Durham * Susan Mary Anne Lambton, who married John Wharton, MP * Ralph John Lambton (c. 1767–1844), also MP for Durham City * Jane Dorothy Lambton

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Lambton genealogy
1710 births 1794 deaths British Army major generals Coldstream Guards officers 68th Regiment of Foot officers Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for City of Durham British MPs 1761–1768 British MPs 1768–1774 British MPs 1774–1780 British MPs 1780–1784 British MPs 1784–1790 John {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub