Henry Lambton (1697–1761) was a British landowner, colliery owner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1761.
Lambton was born in 1697, and baptised on 9 November, the eldest son of Ralph Lambton of Barnes, county Durham and his wife Dorothy Hedworth, daughter of John Hedworth of Harraton, county Durham.
He voted with the Administration under Walpole in all recorded divisions, but was absent on the Hanoverians in 1742, 1744 and 1746, He was classed as Old Whig in 1746.
[3] Lambton was returned unopposed as a Whig at the 1754 British general election.
He faced a strong challenge at the 1761 British general election and was returned by a narrow majority of 20 votes.