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Lambert, Viscount (UK, 1945 - 1999)

Creation: let. pat. 23 Jul 1945

Extinct: 22 Oct 1999

Family name: Lambert

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Arms:

Azure a Chevron Or fretty of the first between in chief two Garbs and in base a Fleece of the second

Crest:

Issuant from a Mount Vert an Apple Tree fructed proper

Supporters:

On either side a Cornish Chough proper collared Or

Motto:

The Good Earth Provides

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George [Lambert], 1st Viscount Lambert, PC

only son of George Lambert, of Spreyton, co. Devon

born

25 Jun 1886

mar.

30 Jul 1904 Barbara Stavers (d. 6 Jun 1963), dau. of George Stavers, of Morpeth, co. Northumberland

children

1. Hon George Lambert, later 2nd Viscount Lambert

2. Hon Michael John Lambert, later 3rd Viscount Lambert

1. Hon Grace Mary Lambert (b. 1905; d. 12 Feb 1997)

2. Hon Margaret Barbara Lambert CMG (b. 1906; d. 22 Jan 1995)

died

17 Feb 1958

created

23 Jul 1945 Viscount Lambert, of South Molton in the County of Devon

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament (Liberal) for South Molton 1891-1924 and 1929-45; Civil Lord of the Admiralty 1905-15 ; Privy Councillor 1912; Chairman Parliamentary Liberal Party 1919-21

George [Lambert], 2nd Viscount Lambert

born

27 Nov 1909

mar.

16 Sep 1939 Patricia Mary Quinn (d. 1991), dau. of Joseph Francis Quinn, of London

children

1. Capt Hon George Lambert (b. 18 Aug 1941; dvp. 27 Aug 1970)

1. Hon Louise Barbara Lambert (b. 29 Mar 1944), mar. 27 Mar 1975 Sir Peter William Gibbings, of The Vale, London SW3, son of Walter White Gibbings, and has issue

died

s.p.m. 24 May 1989

suc. by

brother

note

Member of Parliament (Liberal) for South Molton 1945-50 and Torrington 1950-58

Michael John [Lambert], 3rd Viscount Lambert

born

29 Sep 1912

mar.

5 Sep 1939 Florence Delores Macaskie (b. c. 1915; d. 1 Feb 2008), dau. of Nicholas Lechmere Cunningham Macaskie QC, of Kensington Square, Kensington, London

children

1. Hon Sophia Jane Lambert (b. 15 May 1943)

2. Hon Caelia Anne Georgina Lambert (b. 7 May 1946), mar. 29 May 1971 (div. 1985) Emmanuel Irismar Pereira, only son of Joaquim Pereira, of Brazil, by his wife Antonia Barreto de Carvalho, and has issue

3. Hon Flavia Mary Lambert (b. 11 Sep 1949)

died

s.p.m. 22 Oct 1999

On the death of the 3rd Viscount Lambert the Viscountcy of Lambert became extinct.

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