Ralph Lambton

Ralph Lambton Esq. (c. 1651–1717) was an ancestor of the Earl of Durham.

Lambton was born around 1651 in Chester-Le-Street, Durham, England to Henry Lambton and Mary Davison,[1] and was grandson of Colonel Sir William Lambton (d. 1644).

Lambton had a brother, William (1640–1724).[2]

Lambton married to Dorothy Hedworth was father to:

• Major General John Lambton (1710–1794)
• Henry Lambton MP for Durham (d. 1761)
• Major General Hedworth Lambton (d. 1758)

References

1. http://www.thepeerage.com/p25983.htm#i259823
2. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/i/c/Larry-H-Hickerson-NE/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1257.html