George Lambton

The Honourable George Lambton
Vanity Fair caricature of Lambton (1904)
Occupation	Trainer
Born	1860 United Kingdom
Died	1945
Major racing wins
British Classic Race wins as trainer: 2000 Guineas (1) 1000 Guineas (4) Epsom Derby (2) Epsom Oaks (2) St Leger (3)
Racing awards
British flat racing Champion Trainer (1906, 1911, 1912)
Significant horses
Swynford, Sansovino, Colorado, Hyperion

George Lambton (23 December 1860 - 23 July 1945) was a British thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He was British flat racing Champion Trainer in the 1906, 1911 and 1912 seasons.

The Honourable George Lambton was born in London on 23 December 1860, the fifth son of George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham and his wife, Beatrix, daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn. He was educated at Winchester, Brighton and Eton, and admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge on 11 June 1879. His entry in Alumni Cantabrigienses states "At Eton he was rather too near Ascot, and at Cambridge rather too near Newmarket." He became a second lieutenant in the 2nd Derbyshire Militia in 1880, then a lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion Sherwood Foresters.

As an amateur jockey he won the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris on Parasang in 1888. After a fall at Sandown Park Racecourse in 1892 he decided to take up training and in 1893 he was appointed trainer to the 16th Earl of Derby at Bedford Lodge stables in Newmarket, Suffolk. He trained Canterbury Pilgrim to win the 1896 Epsom Oaks for Lord Derby and the 1906 Epsom Oaks with Keystone II.

Lord Derby died in 1908 and was succeeded by his son, the 17th Earl of Derby. George Lambton trained the winners of ten British Classic Races for the Earl including the Epsom Derby with Sansovino in 1924 and Hyperion in 1933. He also trained the 1,000 Guineas winner Diadem for Lord d'Abernon in 1917.