Lucinda Lambton

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The Lady Lucinda Worsthorne (born 10 May 1943, Newcastle upon Tyne), better known as Lucinda Lambton, is a British writer, photographer, television presenter and producer. She specialises in taking a quirky view of architectural history.

Her parents were Anthony Claud Frederick Lambton and Belinda Blew-Jones. At the time of her birth her father was heir to the Earl of Durham, a title he later disclaimed. She spent part of her childhood at Lambton Castle on the River Wear in County Durham.

Perhaps the most amusing book she has written is Temples of Convenience and Chambers of Delight, on the subject of toilets and bathrooms, which includes 150 of her colour photographs. She has contributed, produced and written around 60 films for the BBC.

Lady Lucinda has been married three times: firstly to Henry Harrod in 1965 (divorced 1973), with whom she has two sons, Henry Barnaby (b. 1965) Nathaniel (b. 1967); secondly to Sir Edmund Ramsay-Fairfax-Lucy, 6th Baronet in 1986 (divorced 1989); and thirdly to the journalist and social commentator Sir Peregrine Worsthorne, a former editor of the Sunday Telegraph, in 1991. She and her current husband live in Amersham, Buckinghamshire.