'Lambton01'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Lambton of Belsis, Lambton of Durham, Lambton of Lambton

                               
Robert de Lambton, lord of Lambton Castle (d 1350)
According to BP1934, 8th in descent from this Robert was the John Lambton who married Agnes Lumley. Visitation provides many of the intervening generations.
1. ?? de Lambton
  A. ?? Lambton
  i. Richard Lambton of Lambton
a. Robert Lambton of Lambton
  (1) Thomas Lambton of Lambton
  m. _ Percy
  (A) Robert Lambton of Great Staynton and Lambton (a 1575?)
  m. Eliza Hebborne (dau of Richard Hebborne or Hebburne of Harwicke
  (i) William Lambton of Lambton (a 1575?)
  m. ?? Rokeby (dau of ?? Rokeby of Moreton)
  (a) John Lambton of Lambton (b 1505, d 1582) - continued below
  m. Agnes Lumley (dau of Roger Lumley of Ludworth)
  (b) Elizabeth Lambton
  m. George Smith of Nunstayton
(B) Margaret Lambton possibly of this generation
  m. Robert Hedworth of Harraton (d before 01.1481)
  b. Percival Lambton 'of Belsis'
  m. Elizabeth Clervaulx (dau of Richard Clervaulx of Crofte)
  (1) William Lambton of Belsis
  (A) Marmaduke Lambton of Belsis (a 1575)
  m. Joan Girlington (dau of Nicholas Girlington of Hackforth)
  (B) Percival Lambton (dsp 1575)
  (C) Elizabeth Lambton
  m. John Eden of Durham
  (D) Frances Lambton
  m. William Skelton of Armeswell
  (E) Alice Lambton
  m. Robert Claxton

 

 

John Lambton of Lambton (b 1505, d 1582) - continued above
m. Agnes Lumley (dau of Roger Lumley of Ludworth)
1. Robert Lambton of Lambton (d 1583)
  m. Frances Eure (dau of Sir Ralph Eure or Evers, sister of Lord William)
  A. Ralph Lambton of Lambton (b c1555, d 1593)
  m. (1587) Eleanor Tempest (dau of Thomas Tempest of Stella or Stanley)
i. Sir William Lambton of Lambton (d Marston Moor 02.07.1664, Colonel)
  m1. Jane Curwen (dau of Sir Nicholas Curwen of Workington)
  a. Henry Lambton of Lambton (b c1613, d 1693)
  m. (1635) Margaret Davison (dau of Sir Alexander Davison of Blakiston)
  (1) William Lambton of Lambton (b 1640, d unm 1724)
  (2) Raphe Lambton (b c1651, d 1717, 4th son)
  m. (1696) Dorothy Hedworth (dau of John Hedworth of Harraton)
(A) Henry Lambton of Lambton (d unm 1761)
  (B) Hedworth Lambton (d unm 1774, Maj. General)
  (C) William Lambton of Lambton (d unm 1774)
  (D) John Lambton of Harraton Hall, later of Lambton Castle (d 1794, Maj. General)
  m. (09.1763) Susan Lyon (d 26.02.1769, dau of Thomas Lyon, Earl of Strathmore)
(i) William Henry Lambton of Lambton (b 16.11.1764, d 30.11.1797)
  m. (19.06.1791) Anne Barbara Frances Villiers (dau of George Bussy Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey)
  (a) John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (b 12.04.1792, d 28.07.1840) had issue
  m1. (01.01.1812) Harriet Cholmondeley (d 11.07.1815, natural dau of George James Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley)
  m2. (09.12.1816) Louisa Elizabeth Grey (b 07.04.1797, d 26.11.1841, dau of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister)
  (b) William Henry Lambton of Biddick Hall (b 27.03.1793, d 03.04.1866) had issue
  m. (28.01.1824) Henrietta Ellison (b c1808, d 20.03.1883, dau of Cuthbert Ellison of Hebburn)
(c) Hedworth Lambton (b 26.03.1797, d 16.09.1876)
  m. (19.05.1835) Anna Bushe (d 22.06.1843, dau of Gervase Parker Bushe)
  (d) Frances Susan Lambton (d 23.11.1840)
  m1. (16.08.1811) Frederick Howard (d Waterloo, Colonel)
m2. (16.01.1819) Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish (b 05.11.1789, d 05.04.1873, General)
  (ii) Susan Mary Anne Lambton
  m. (1790) John Wharton (MP)
  (iii)+ other issue - Ralph John (d 29.07.1844), Jane Dorothy
  (E) Anne Lambton
  m. Robert Chilton of Houghton-le-Spring
(F) Margaret Lambton (d 30.06.1746)
  m. Sir Charles Loraine, 3rd Bart (b 1701, d 29.04.1755)
  (3) Barbara Lambton
  m. William Clavering of Berrington
  (4) Eleanor Lambton (bur 20.12.1722)
  m. (06.04.1676) Ralph Hedworth of Chester
(5)+ other issue - Alexander (b c1642, d young?), Henry (b 1642, d unm 1709), John (b 1653, d unm 1722), Anne (d unm), Jane, Elizabeth
  b. Elizabeth Lambton
  m. Sir Thomas Davison of Blakiston (b c1608, a 08.1666)
  c. Eleanor Lambton (a 1615)
  m. Henry Anderson of Long Cowton
  d.+ other issue (a 1615, d young) - Ralph, William, Anne
  m2. Catherine Widdrington (dau of Sir Henry Widdrington of Widdrington Castle)
  g. William Lambton (d Wakefield 1643)
  h. Sir Thomas Lambton, Governor of the Leeward Islands (d 1662, Captain)
  m. Margaret Frevill (dau of Nicholas Frevill of Hardwicke)
  (1) Freville Lambton 'of Hardwick' b c1663, d 1731)
BP1934 reports that Freville married 3 times (wives unnamed) and left a son Thomas. Wikipedia ("Robert Wright, judge", at 20.12.21) reports on his marriage to Anne Wright and their sons. We assume that she was his 3rd wife and that Thomas was son of an earlier wife.
  m1./m2. ??
(A) Thomas Lambton of Harwick (Hardwick)
  m. Dorothy Bewick (dau of Claverley Bewick)
  (i) Barbara Lambton
  m. Robert Ord
  (ii) Dorothy Lambton
  m. Robert Surtees
  (iii) Thomasin Lambton
  m. _ Rawling
  (iv) Margaret Lambton
  m. (12.12.1750) Henry Ruddock
  (v) Philadephia Lambton
  m. Charles Burne
  (vi) Elizabeth Lambton
  m. Francis Mascal
  m3. (c01.1694/5) Anne Wright (d 1731, dau of Chief Justice Robert Wright of Wangford)
  (B) Charles or Wright Lambton (b[t 16.12.1701, bur 14.05.1789, younger son)
  (i) John Lambton
  (ii) Mary Lambton
m. Jacob Lambert of Newcastle-on-Tyne
  (C)+ other issue - Robert (bpt 13.01.1695/6), William (bpt 07.02.1696/7), Henry (bpt 22.05.1698), Robert (bpt 20.11.1699), John (bpt 07.11.1700), Edward (bpt 30.12.1702), George (bpt 23.03.1703/4),. Richard (bpt 30.05.1705), Theophilus (bpt 01.10.1706)
  Probably of this generation, but (if so) of which marriage is unknown, were ...
  i. Jane Lambton
  m. Nicholas Conyers of Bowlby & Essington
j. Margaret Lambton
  m. Sir Richard Belasyse of Ludworth
  ii. Alice Lambton
  m. John Barnes or Baines of Sallet or Kellet
  iii.+ other issue - Margaret, Eleanor
  B. Margaret Lambton
  m. Cuthbert Ratcliffe
  C. Jane Lambton
  m. William Blakiston of Gibside (d 1641)
  D. Isabella Lambton
  m. Sir Nicholas Tempest, 1st Bart of Stella (b c1553, d 26.03.1626)
  E. Margery Lambton
m. John Tempest
  F.+ other issue - Roger, John, William, James
2. Thomas Lambton of Malton (3rd son)
  m. Catherine Birkhead (dau of Robert Birkhead)
  A.+ other issue - Joseph, Ralph, Margaret, Lucy
3. Catherine Lambton
  m. George Johnson of Twysell
4. Helen Lambton
  m. George Tonge of West Thickley
5. Ann Lambton
  m. Matthew White of Redheughe
6. Elizabeth Lambton
  m. Walter Bankes of Rookebarne
7.+ other issue - John, George, Anthony

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : Visitation (Durham, 1575, L'ambton of Belsis)'
(2) For lower section : BP1934 ('Durham') with some support & input from Visitation (Durham, 1615+1666, 'Lambton of Lambton')
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