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unusual facts about Sarnia—Lambton



Alexander Vidal

He was a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada for Sarnia division from 1873 to 1906.

Ann Lambton

As Professor Emeritus of the Diocese of Newcastle and Chairman of the Iran Diocesan Association, Lambton served on the Middle East Committee and advised Archbishops on inter-faith matters.

Cedars Park, Broxbourne

Sir Hedworth Meux, formerly The Hon Hedworth Lambton, had been involved in the siege of Ladysmith and inherited The Cedars from Valerie, Lady Meux on condition that he change his surname to Meux.

CFCO

Besides CFCO and CJSP, other country stations owned by Blackburn Radio are CHOK in Sarnia-Lambton, CJWF-FM in Windsor, and CKNX in Wingham.

CKTY

CHKS-FM, a radio station (106.3 FM) licensed to Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, which held the call sign CKTY from 1987 to 1999

David Boushy

Boushy was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1995 provincial election, defeating Liberal Joan Link by 634 votes in the riding of Sarnia (incumbent New Democrat Bob Huget was third).

Harold Thornton

His father was John Nicholas Thornton, a tram conductor (born 1879 Lambton, NSW, died 1942 Enfield), and his mother was Anne (née Burgess, born 1885 Enfield, died 1953 Enfield).

Head on a Green Sofa

It is a portrait of the late Lady Lambton, wife of Antony Lambton, Viscount Lambton, 6th Earl of Durham, and is to be sold at Sotheby's, London, 12 February 2014 by its present owner Edward Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham.

Hedworth Lambton

Hedworth Meux or Hedworth Lambton (1856–1929), English Admiral of the Fleet during World War I

Jack Lowry

Jack Brown Lowry (born 25 November 1916 in Lambton) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

John Lambton, 3rd Earl of Durham

John George Lambton, 3rd Earl of Durham KG, GCVO, PC (19 June 1855 – 18 September 1928), known as Viscount Lambton until 1879, was a British peer.

Kirknewton, Northumberland

Ann Katharine Swynford Lambton PhD FBA OBE (8 February 1912 – 19 July 2008), usually known as A.K.S. Lambton and locally as Nancy Lambton, was a British historian and leading figure on medieval and early modern Persian history, Persian language, Islamic political theory, and Persian social organisation.

Lady Elgin

PS Lady Elgin, a steamship named in honour of Mary Louisa Lambton

Lambton

Edward Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham (born 1961), or Ned Lambton, is the current Earl of Durham

Lambton Castle

In 2012, Lambton Castle was the setting of the new BBC One drama The Paradise.

Lambton High School

On 29 September 2008, the Federal Cabinet (including Prime Minister Kevin Rudd) attended Lambton High School as part of the Australian Government Community Cabinet Program.

Lambton Mall

As Sears relocated to Lambton Mall in 2002, Sobeys (later converted to a Price Choppers one year later), Home Depot and Future Shop also added locations on Exmouth Street across from the mall.

Lambton, New South Wales

The Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who represented Lambton was Arthur Hill Griffith, Member for Waratah.

Miss Supertest III

Racing out of Sarnia, Ontario, Miss Supertest III was owned by J. Gordon Thompson, owner of Supertest Petroleum (later acquired by BP).

Newcastle and Hunter Rugby Union

Early clubs in the competition included Advance (1880); West Maitland (1885); Oriental (1885); Union (1885); Ferndale (1885); Waratah (1885); Raymond Terrace (1886); Carlton (1887); Centennial (1887); Lambton (1888); Wickham Albion (1888) and Greta (1890).

Night Lines

Some consistent callers included Vicki from Surrey (who later moved and became Vicki from Vancouver), Gilbert from Transcona (who used a mock-Gilbert Gottfried voice on the answering machine), Norm from Richmond, Rocky from Thunder Bay, Milton the Cabbie, Joanna from Hamilton, Sonya from Port Lambton, Ontario, Sean from Brandon, Manitoba, and Lori from Southfield, Michigan (USA).

Plympton–Wyoming

The town's first mayor was Patricia Davidson, who was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2006 federal election as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Sarnia—Lambton.

Port Huron Fighting Falcons

Shoulder patches on both home and away uniforms will feature a cicular logo with the Blue Water Bridge, that spans the St. Clair River separating Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.

Roger Gallaway

Gallaway has also appeared in performances with Sarnia/Port Huron's International Symphony, and was the narrator of a "Child's Introduction to the Symphony".

Sidney Fraleigh

Fraleigh won the seat for the Lambton—Middlesex electoral district in the 1979 federal election but lost there in the 1980 federal election to Ralph Ferguson of the Liberal party.

Suzy Batkovic

Suzy Batkovic-Brown (née Batković) (born 17 December 1980 in Lambton, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian women's basketball player.

Theobalds House

In 1910 the estate was inherited by Admiral The Hon Sir Hedworth Meux, a member of the aristocratic Lambton family; he changed his surname as a condition of inheritance.

Tony McKegney

McKegney was born in Montreal, but was adopted soon thereafter, and raised by a white family in Sarnia, Ontario.

Wally Fromhart

Fromhart ended his football coaching career in 1961 as head coach of the Sarnia, Ontario-based Sarnia Golden Bears, a semi-professional football team in the upstart American Football Conference for one season (the conference lasted only one year).

William John Hanna

He then studied law at Osgoode Hall in Toronto, Ontario, and was called to the bar in 1890 and set up practice in Sarnia.


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