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William Henry Lambton, Esq. M P.
WILLIAM HENRY LAMBTON , Esq . M P .
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PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER OP MASONS FOR THE COUNTY OF DURHAM .
Seu Vmguam causis actus ; sen civica jura Respondere paras j seu condis amabile carmen : ************* Qua te cccleslis SAPIENTIA ducerel , ires . Hoc opus , hoc studium , parvi properemus et ampli ,
Si patriiC volumus , si nobis vivere can * HOIIAT , LIB , I . EPIST . III . —«»® s»—
ON exhibiting this Portrait in the Masonic Gallery it will be' necessary to annex some account , however imperfect , of the respectable original . Observations on the advantages of Biographical researches , though pertinent and attractive , complaints of the peculiar delicacy which attends the delineation of Jiving excellence , though obvious and applicableshall not be indulged in the present
, instance ; but we shall hasten to introduce to our readers a character whose worth , talents , and station , would in themselves demand the pen of passing literature , and whose hi g h office among the fraternity has a peculiar claim on that Repository , which aims to carry down to fu tme ages the faithful records of Masonic merit and eminence . Mr . LAMBTON has had the happiness to enter upon this mortal
stage with every advantage of illustrious birth and ample fortune . The family has been long settled in the county of Durham . Mr . Hutchinson , iu his learned and elaborate history of that county Palatine , acquaints us , that " LAMBTON was the family seat of the Lambtons before the Conquest . " It stands on the southern banks of the river Wearabout a mile below Chester-le-streetopposite to
, , Han-atori , another elegant seat of the family . The estates have the peculiar felicity to be so situated as to enjoy the advantages of extended culture , navigation , aud commerce , with all the softer beau * tics of picturesque prospect and romantic scenery , E 2
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William Henry Lambton, Esq. M P.
WILLIAM HENRY LAMBTON , Esq . M P .
-- ^^ sf &^ e «^®^^^ m ^» MEMOIRS OF
PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER OP MASONS FOR THE COUNTY OF DURHAM .
Seu Vmguam causis actus ; sen civica jura Respondere paras j seu condis amabile carmen : ************* Qua te cccleslis SAPIENTIA ducerel , ires . Hoc opus , hoc studium , parvi properemus et ampli ,
Si patriiC volumus , si nobis vivere can * HOIIAT , LIB , I . EPIST . III . —«»® s»—
ON exhibiting this Portrait in the Masonic Gallery it will be' necessary to annex some account , however imperfect , of the respectable original . Observations on the advantages of Biographical researches , though pertinent and attractive , complaints of the peculiar delicacy which attends the delineation of Jiving excellence , though obvious and applicableshall not be indulged in the present
, instance ; but we shall hasten to introduce to our readers a character whose worth , talents , and station , would in themselves demand the pen of passing literature , and whose hi g h office among the fraternity has a peculiar claim on that Repository , which aims to carry down to fu tme ages the faithful records of Masonic merit and eminence . Mr . LAMBTON has had the happiness to enter upon this mortal
stage with every advantage of illustrious birth and ample fortune . The family has been long settled in the county of Durham . Mr . Hutchinson , iu his learned and elaborate history of that county Palatine , acquaints us , that " LAMBTON was the family seat of the Lambtons before the Conquest . " It stands on the southern banks of the river Wearabout a mile below Chester-le-streetopposite to
, , Han-atori , another elegant seat of the family . The estates have the peculiar felicity to be so situated as to enjoy the advantages of extended culture , navigation , aud commerce , with all the softer beau * tics of picturesque prospect and romantic scenery , E 2