Earl of Durham
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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.
The family seat is Lambton Castle, near Chester-le-Street, County Durham.
[edit] Earls of Durham (1833)
- John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792-1840)
- George Frederick d'Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham (1828-1879)
- John George Lambton, 3rd Earl of Durham (1855-1928)
- Frederick William Lambton, 4th Earl of Durham (1855-1929)
- John Frederick Lambton, 5th Earl of Durham (1884-1970)
- Anthony Claud Frederick Lambton, 6th Earl of Durham (b. 1922) (disclaimed 1970)
Heir Apparent: Edward Richard Lambton, Lord Durham (b. 1961)
Lord Durham's Heir Apparent: The Hon. Frederick Lambton (b. 1985)
