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2 unusual facts about James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier


Edward John Gambier

Gambier, third son of Samuel Gambier, first commissioner of the navy (1752–1813), by Jane, youngest daughter of Daniel Mathew of Felix Hall, Essex, and nephew of Admiral James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, was born in 1794 and entered at Eton in 1808.

Gambier, Ohio

Gambier is the home of Kenyon College and was named after one of Kenyon College's early benefactors, Lord Gambier.


Episcopal Diocese of Ohio

Kenyon College and Gambier were named for Lord Kenyon and Lord Gambier, the largest benefactors to the establishment of the college and new diocese.


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