George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham

George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham (5 September 1828 – 27 November 1879), styled Viscount Lambton from 1833 to 1840, was a British peer.

Early life Lambton was born on 5 September 1828 at Copse Hill, Wimbledon and was baptised at St Mary's Church, Wimbledon on 29 September that year. His mother was a daughter of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. He was known by his third name of D'Arcy, the maiden name of an ancestor whose inheritance included land surrounding what would later become Lambton Castle. From his father's first marriage to Harriet Cholmondeley (the illegitimate daughter of George Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley), his elder half-sister was Lady Frances Charlotte Lambton, who married John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough.

Public life Lord Durham served as Lord-Lieutenant of County Durham from 1854 to 1879.

John George Lambton, 3rd Earl of Durham (1855–1928), who married Ethel Elizabeth Louisa Milner, a daughter of Henry Beilby William Milner. Lady Katherine Frances Lambton (1862–1952), who married George Osborne, 10th Duke of Leeds and had issue. Maj.-Gen. Hon. Sir William Lambton (1863–1936), who married (as her second husband) Lady Katherine de Vere Somerset, née Beauclerk, daughter of William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans on 22 April 1921. They had no issue. Hon. Claud Lambton (1865–1945), who married Lettice Wormald and had issue. Captain The Hon. D'Arcy Lambton Royal Navy (1866–1954), married Florence Ethel Sproule and had issue. Lady Eleanor Lambton (1868–1959), who married Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood. Lady Anne Lambton (1869–1922). Hon. Francis Lambton (1871–1914), who was killed in action near Zandvoorde, Belgium, during World War I.

The Countess of Durham died on 21 January 1871, aged 35, and just three days after the birth of her youngest child. In 1876, Lord Durham had his right eye removed after he was shot by his son, Charles, while on a shooting party. Lord Durham died at 6:05pm on 27 November 1879 at his town house on Hill Street in Mayfair, aged 51, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest twin son John. The Earl and Countess and some of their children are buried in St Barnabas' Church, Bournmoor, which the Earl had built at his own expense when the parish was created in 1867.