page_title: John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham
hierarchical_section_title: John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham
caption_attribution_description: John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, by Thomas Phillips (died 1845). See source website for additional information. This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool. All images in this batch have been confirmed as author died before 1939 according to the official death date listed by the NPG.
context_page_description: John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, GCB, PC, 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. He was prominent in many reform movements especially the Reform Act of 1832. He was a founding member and chairman of the New Zealand Company that played a key role in the colonisation of New Zealand. George Woodcock says that he was, "Proud, wayward, immensely rich, with romantic good looks and an explosive temper." He was one of those, "natural rebels who tum their rebellious energies to constructive purposes. Both at home and abroad he became a powerful exponent of the early nineteenth-century liberal spirit."
context_section_description: 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. He was prominent in many reform movements especially the Reform Act of 1832. He was a founding member and chairman of the New Zealand Company that played a key role in the colonisation of New Zealand. George Woodcock says that he was, "Proud, wayward, immensely rich, with romantic good looks and an explosive temper." He was one of those, "natural rebels who tum their rebellious energies to constructive purposes. Both at home and abroad  he became a powerful exponent of the early nineteenth-century liberal spirit."
caption: Portrait of John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham
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