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 George 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 Earl holds the subsidiary titles of Viscount Lambton (1833) and Baron Durham (1828), both in the Peerage of the UK.
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)