Rt Hon. Sir Earl Viscount Lord John Lambton PC GCB
(1792-1840)
High Commisioner, pupil (1798-1805), Member of Parliament (1812-1828), 1st Baron Durham (from 1828), Privy Counsellor (from 1830), Lord Privy Seal (1830-1833), 1st Earl of Durham (from 1833), 1st Viscount Lambton (from 1833), Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (from 1837), and Governor-General of British North America (from 1838)
Commemorated on 1 plaque
John George Lambton 1st Earl of Durham High Commisioner & Governor-General of British North America 1838 whose famous report inspired all subsequent British colonial policy lived in this house 1798-1805 as a pupil of Dr. Beddoes.
3 Rodney Place, Bristol, United Kingdom where they lived