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Named after British colonial administrator and politician John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792 - 1840). Lambton had visited the area of the future county in the late 1830s.
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Lambton County
Lamb·ton Coun·tyToday it means: A county in south-west Ontario, Canada. Full definition →