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John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, GCB, PC (12 April 1792 – 28 July 1840), also known as "Radical Jack" and commonly referred to in Canadian history texts simply as Lord Durham, was a British Whig statesman, colonial administrator, Governor General and high commissioner of British North America. [2]
Jul 24, 2024 · John George Lambton, 1st earl of Durham was a British reformist Whig statesman sometimes known as “Radical Jack.”. He served as the governor-general and lord high commissioner of Canada, and was the nominal author of the Report on the Affairs of British North America (1839), which for many years.
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Scion of a wealthy Northumberland family, John George Lambton was educated at Eton. He briefly held an army commission and was elected to the Commons in 1813 before being raised to the Lords in 1828. Affiliated with the liberal wing of the Whig party,"Radical Jack" was lord privy seal in 1830 in the Cabinet of his father-in-law, Lord Grey. Durham p...
Primarily to appease the radicals, Prime Minister Lord Melbourne persuaded Lord Durham to become Governor General and High Commissioner to British North America with responsibility for preparing a report on the Canadian Rebellions of 1837-38. On 29 May 1838 Durham landed in Lower Canada. His administration was warmly endorsed by the English minorit...
In January 1839, Lord Durham completed his famous Report on the Affairs of British North America (see Durham report). His major recommendation was to reunite the Canadas in order to accelerate the assimilation of the French Canadians. He characterized them as “a people with no literature and no history.” The union of the Canadas was brought into ef...
Durham, John Lambton, 1st earl of (1792–1840). A wealthy Durham landowner and coal-owner, Lambton became one of the county's MPs from 1813, advocating reforms and acquiring the nickname ‘Radical Jack’. He was created Baron Durham in 1828.
John George Lambton came from a family that had lived in the valley of the Wear in the north of England since at least the 12th century. The feudal lord Robert de Lambton (d. 1350) is the most distant ancestor who can be documented.
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- LAMBTON, JOHN GEORGE, 1st Earl of DURHAM
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 7
John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792-1840), was the tactless and energetic English statesman best known for his report on Canada, which laid the basis for the country's Dominion status. John George Lambton was born in London on April 12, 1792.
Radical Jack: John George Lambton, First Earl of Durham. Proud, wayward, immensely rich, with romantic good looks and an explosive temper, John Lambton was one of those natural rebels who turn their rebellious energies to constructive purposes.
