Background
LAMBTON, Frederick William was born on June 19, 1855.
LAMBTON, Frederick William was born on June 19, 1855.
They had six children:
Lady Violet Lambton (3 July 1880 - 22 February 1976), married John Egerton, 4th Earl of Ellesmere and had issue. Lady Lilian Lambton (8 December 1881 – 26 September 1966), married Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home and had issue. John Frederick Lambton, 5th Earl of Durham (7 October 1884 – 4 February 1970)
Honorary
Geoffrey Lambton (13 September 1887 – 1 September 1914), married Dorothy Leyland and had issue.
Honorary Claud Lambton (3 December 1888 - 7 September 1976), married Olive Eleanor Lockwood and had issue. Lady Joan Katherine Lambton (21 September 1893 – 4 January 1967), married Hugh Joicey, 3rd Baron Joicey and had issue.
He did not stand in 1885, but having joined the Liberal unionists in 1885 he unsuccessfully contested Berwick-Upon-Tweed in 1886, Sunderland in 1886, and a by-election in South East Durham in February 1898. Lambton was re-elected unopposed in 1906, but lost the seat by a wide margin to a Liberal candidate in January 1910.
Liberal Party, Liberal Unionist Party.
22nd United Kingdom Parliament. 27th United Kingdom Parliament. 28th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was elected at the 1880 general election as a Liberal Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for South Durham, 384 and held that seat until the constituency was abolished for the 1885 general election.