Lord Durham

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British politician colonial administrator human statesman

Lord Durham was a 19th-century British statesman best known for his influential report on the governance of British North America, which laid groundwork for Canadian self-government.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham	3

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British politician ⓘ colonial administrator ⓘ human ⓘ statesman ⓘ
advocatedFor	assimilation of French Canadians (in his report) ⓘ union of Upper and Lower Canada ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Earl of Durham NERFINISHED ⓘ Radical Jack NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy	Lord Melbourne NERFINISHED ⓘ
areaOfActivity	British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Canadian politics ⓘ
birthDate	1792-04-12 ⓘ
burialPlace	Chester-le-Street NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	tuberculosis ⓘ
constituencyRepresented	Durham NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate	1840-07-28 ⓘ
educatedAt	Eton College ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ
familyName	Lambton NERFINISHED ⓘ
father	William Henry Lambton NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	John George Lambton NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	John NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology	reformist Whig ⓘ
influenced	Union Act 1840 NERFINISHED ⓘ development of Canadian self-government ⓘ
memberOf	Whig Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm	Queen Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother	Lady Anne Barbara Frances Villiers NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement	British liberalism ⓘ
nobleTitle	1st Earl of Durham NERFINISHED ⓘ Baron Durham NERFINISHED ⓘ Viscount Lambton NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableIdea	responsible government in British North America ⓘ
notableWork	Report on the Affairs of British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
notedFor	Durham Report NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	diplomat ⓘ politician ⓘ reformer ⓘ
parliamentaryDebut	1813 ⓘ
placeOfBirth	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
placeOfDeath	Cowes NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Ambassador to Russia ⓘ Governor General of British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ High Commissioner of British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
residence	Lambton Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Lady Louisa Elizabeth Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British colonial authorities in Quebec → notableOfficeHolder → Lord Durham ⓘ

Durham Report → author → Lord Durham ⓘ

this entity surface form: John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham

Penshaw Monument → dedicatedTo → Lord Durham ⓘ

this entity surface form: John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham

Penshaw Monument → commemorates → Lord Durham ⓘ

this entity surface form: John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham