Edward Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham (born 19 October 1961), is a
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musician and a member of the band, 'Pearl, TN'. He is better known as Ned Lambton.
Early life
He was born in 1961, the youngest child and only son of Belinda Blew-Jones and
Antony, Viscount Lambton, eldest son of
John Lambton, 5th Earl of Durham
John Frederick Lambton, 5th Earl of Durham (7 October 1884 – 4 February 1970), briefly styled Viscount Lambton between 1928 and 1929, was a British peer. Through his sister Lilian, he was an uncle of future Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home, Sir A ...
. A
bonfire was lit at the top of
Penshaw Hill (formerly part of the
Lambton Estate) to mark his birth; he was later baptised by
Maurice Harland,
Bishop of Durham
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, in the church of St Barnabas, Burnmoor, on 23 April 1962 and an ox was roasted as part of the celebrations.
[Photographs in the collection of Houghton-le-Spring Heritage Society] His elder sister is Lady
Lucinda Lambton
Lady Lucinda Lambton, also known as Lady Lucinda Worsthorne (born 10 May 1943) is an English writer, photographer, and broadcaster on architectural subjects.
Life
Lucinda Lambton was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, the eldest child of the Conservati ...
, the broadcaster.
His maternal grandparents were Lt Douglas Holden Blew-Jones and the former Violet Hilda Margaret Birkin. His aunt was
Freda Dudley Ward, the mistress of
Edward, Prince of Wales from 1918 to 1934 before his relationship with
Wallis Simpson
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. Upon his grandfather's death on 4 February 1970, Lambton's father succeeded as
Earl of Durham
Earl of Durham is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1833 for the Whig politician and colonial official John Lambton, 1st Baron Durham. Known as "Radical Jack", he played a leading role in the passing of the Gr ...
but
disclaimed that title on 23 February that same year. During this short period, Lambton was known by the
courtesy title Viscount Lambton, but afterwards used the title
Lord Durham
Earl of Durham is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1833 for the Whig politician and colonial official John Lambton, 1st Baron Durham. Known as "Radical Jack", he played a leading role in the passing of the Gr ...
(as if using the courtesy title
Baron Durham) to avoid confusion with his father, who improperly continued to style himself Viscount Lambton.
Career
Lambton stood for the
Referendum Party
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in his father's former constituency of
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed (), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the northernmost town in England. The 2011 United Kingdom census reco ...
in the
1997 general election, gaining 3.4% of the vote.
He succeeded his father as 7th Earl of Durham in 2006, and has been involved in an inheritance dispute with some of his sisters.
Personal life
Lambton has been married three times and divorced twice. In 1983 he married Christabel Mary McEwen, a daughter of
Roderick McEwen (younger son of
Sir John McEwen, 1st Baronet
Sir John Helias Finnie McEwen, 1st Baronet (21 June 1894 – 19 April 1962), also known as Jock McEwen, was a British Unionist politician who served in the House of Commons as Conservative Member of Parliament for Berwick and Haddington from ...
) and Romana von Hofmannsthal.
They had one child:
* Frederick Lambton, Viscount Lambton (born 23 February 1985).
Ned Lambton and McEwen divorced in 1995.
She has since married the musician
Jools Holland.
On 19 October 1995, Lambton married
Catherine FitzGerald, an
Anglo-Irish aristocrat, the daughter of
, and Olda Ann Willes.
Their marriage did not produce any children and they divorced in 2002. She is now married to actor
Dominic West
Dominic Gerard Francis Eagleton West (born 15 October 1969) is an English actor, director and musician. He is best known for playing Jimmy McNulty in HBO's ''The Wire'' (2002–2008), Noah Solloway in Showtime's '' The Affair'' (2014–2019), ...
.
In January 2011, Lambton married 28-year-old ex-model Marina Hanbury, who worked as a parliamentary assistant to
Kate Hoey
Catharine Letitia Hoey, Baroness Hoey (born 21 June 1946), better known as Kate Hoey, is a Northern Irish politician and life peer who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Home Affairs from 1998 to 1999 and Minister for Sport from 1999 t ...
,
M.P., until 2010.
Marina's sister is
Rose Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley. Edward and Marina have three children:
* Lady Stella Rose Lambton (born 25 October 2011).
* The Hon. Claud Timothy Lambton (born 1 September 2015).
* Lady Acony Belle Lambton (born 8 November 2017).
References
External links
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1961 births
Living people
Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Edward Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham
Referendum Party politicians