Henry Lambton

Henry Lambton (1697–1761), of Lambton Hall, county Durham, was a British landowner, colliery owner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1761.

Henry Lambton
Member of Parliament for City of Durham
In office 1734–1761
Mayor of Hartlepool
In office 1729-? 1741-? 1753-?
Personal details
Born	1697 (1697)
Died	1761 (aged 63–64)
Political party	Whig
Parent	Ralph Lambton (father)
Relatives	John Lambton (brother) William Lambton (uncle) William H. Lambton (nephew)
Education	Queen’s College, Oxford

Biography

Lambton was baptized on 9 November 1697, the eldest son of Ralph Lambton of Barnes, county Durham and his wife Dorothy Hedworth, daughter of John Hedworth of Harraton, county Durham. He matriculated at Queen’s College, Oxford on 16 July 1715, aged 17.^[1] In 1717 he succeeded his father. He was admitted at Lincoln's Inn on 17 January 1719.^[2] He was sometime attorney to the Bishop of Durham.^[1] In 1724 he succeeded his uncle William Lambton, MP, at Lambton to an estate which had been held by his family for over 400 years. He thereby inherited extensive colliery interests, and became active in the coal lobby as the head of the Sunderland coal owners. He became Mayor of Hartlepool in 1729.^[3]

After a narrow defeat at a by-election for City of Durham in 1730, Lambton was returned there unopposed as a Whig Member of Parliament at another by-election on 25 January 1734. He was returned again soon after at the 1734 British general election. In 1741 he was Mayor of Hartlepool again and was returned at the 1741 British general election. He voted with the Administration under Walpole in all recorded divisions, but was absent on the Hanoverians in 1742, 1744 and 1746, He was classed as Old Whig in 1746. He was returned again at the 1747 British general election In 1753 he was again Mayor of Hartlepool.^[3]

Lambton was returned unopposed as a Whig at the 1754 British general election. He faced a strong challenge at the 1761 British general election and was returned by a narrow majority of 20 votes.^[4]

Lambton died unmarried on 26 June 1761. He was succeeded by his brother William Lambton, who died unmarried in 1774 when the estate passed to a third brother Gen. John Lambton MP.^[5]

References

1. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Lambton, Henry" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
2. Admissions Register VOL 1 1420-1799. The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn. 1896.
3. "LAMBTON, Henry (1697-1761), of Lambton Hall, co. Dur". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 2 January 2019.
4. "LAMBTON, Henry (1697-1761), of Lambton Hall, co. Dur". History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 2 January 2019.
5. John Bernard Burke (1845). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. H Colburn. p. 344. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by John Shafto Charles Talbot	Member of Parliament for City of Durham 1734–1761 With: Charles Talbot Ralph Gowland	Succeeded by John Tempest Ralph Gowland