George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham
- George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham
George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham (September 5 1828 – November 27 1879), known as Viscount Lambton from 1831 to 1845, was a British peer.
Durham was the eldest surviving son of John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, and his second wife Lady Louisa Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. He served as Lord-Lieutenant of County Durham from 1854 to 1879. Lord Durham married Lady Beatrix Frances Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, on 23 May 1854. They had thirteen children:
*John George Lambton, 3rd Earl of Durham (19 June 1855 – 18 September 1928)
*Frederick William Lambton, 4th Earl of Durham (19 June 1855 – 31 January 1929)
*Adm. Hon. Sir Hedworth Lambton (later Meux), (5 July 1856 – 20 September 1929) Admiral of the Fleet, married 18 April 1910 Hon. Mildred Cecilia Harriet, Dowager Viscountess Chelsea, daughter of Henry Sturt, 1st Baron Alington. They had no issue.
*Hon. Charles Lambton (3 November 1857 – 5 December 1949), married Lavinia Marion Garforth and had issue.
*Lady Beatrix Louisa Lambton (1859 – 12 March 1944), married Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke and had issue.
*Hon. George Lambton (23 December 1860 – 23 July 1945), married Cicely Margaret Horner and had issue.
*Lady Katherine Frances Lambton (5 September 1862 – 6 December 1952), married George Osborne, 10th Duke of Leeds and had issue.
*Maj.-Gen. Hon. Sir William Lambton (4 December 1863 – 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. They had no issue.
*Hon. Claud Lambton (4 January 1865 – 15 February 1945), married Lettice Wormald and had issue.
*Cmdr. D'Arcy Lambton (3 June 1866 – 30 December 1954), married Florence Ethel Sproule and had issue.
*Lady Eleanor Lambton (1868 – 24 April 1959), married Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood.
*Lady Anne Lambton (1869 – 24 February 1922)
*Hon. Francis Lambton (18 January 1871 – 31 October 1914)
The Countess of Durham died in January 1871, aged 35, and just three days after the birth of her youngest child. Lord Durham died in November 1879, aged 51, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest twin son John.
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