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Cavan, Earl of (I, 1647)

 

Creation: let. pat. 15 Apr 1647

 

Family name: Lambart

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Arms:

Gules three Narcissi pierced Argent

Crest:

On a Mount Vert a Centaur proper drawing his bow Gules stringed Or arrow of the last Pheon Argent

Supporters:

On either side a Knight in complete armour visor open all proper garnished and spurred Or out of the helm a Plume of four Feathers alternately Argent and Gules pendant from a Belt of the last a Sword also proper pommelled and hilted Gold

Motto:

Ut Quocunque Paratus (Prepared on every side)

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Charles [Lambart], 2nd Baron Lambart  later 1st Earl of Cavan, PC

1st son of Oliver [Lambart], 1st Baron Lambart, by his wife Hester Fleetwood, 1st dau. of Sir William Fleetwood, of Cranford, co. Middlesex, and Cardington Manor, co. Bedford

born

c. Mar 1600

mar.

bef. 30 Jun 1625 Hon Jane Robartes (bapt. 21 Dec 1598; d. 1655), sister of John [Robartes], 1st Earl of Radnor, and 2nd dau. of Richard [Robartes], 1st Baron Robartes, by his wife Frances Hender, dau. and cohrss. of John Hender, of Botreaux Castle, co. Cornwall

children

1. Hon Richard Lambart, later 2nd Earl of Cavan

2. Hon Oliver Lambart, of Painstown, co. Meath, Member of Parliament for Kilbeggan 1661 (d. 13 Dec 1700), mar. (1) c. 1662 Catharine Bridges, sister of John Bridges, of Barton, co. Northumberland, and 1st dau. of John Bridges, of Hirriot, co. Worcester, and Alcester, co. Warwick, (2) after 6 Sep 1671 Eleanor Crane, only child of Simon Crane, of the Great Forest, Dublin, (3) after 12 Dec 1681 Dorothy Whitfield (dsp.), and (4) c. 1688 Anne Preston (widow of (a) Theophilus Sandford, of Moyglare, co. Meath, and (b) Alderman John Preston, of Dublin and Ardsallagh, co. Dublin; dsp. after 20 Sep 1731), dau. of Alderman Richard Tighe, of Dublin, and had issue by his first and second wives

1. Lady Rose Lambart, mar. Capt Hon John Taaffe, of Calliaghstown, co. Louth, slain at the Siege of Derry (d. Apr 1689), 5th son of Theobald [Taaffe], 1st Earl of Carlingford, by his first wife Mary White, 1st dau. of Sir Nicholas White, of Leixlip, co. Kildare, and had issue

died

25 Jun 1660

created

15 Apr 1647 Viscount Kilcoursie, of Kilcoursie in the King's County, and Earl of Cavan

suc. by

son

note

suc. his father 10 Jun 1618 as 2nd Baron Lambart; Member of Parliament for Bossiney 1626 and 1628-29; Seneschal of co. Cavan and of Kells 1627; Privy Councillor [I]; raised a Regiment of 1,000 foot guards against the Catholic rebels; Commander of the Forces in Dublin 1642 on behalf of King Charles I

 

Richard [Lambart], 2nd Earl of Cavan

born

mar. (1)

12 Nov 1648 Rose Ware (b. 10 Jan 1627; d. 29 Dec 1649), 2nd dau. of Sir James Ware, of Macetown, co. Dublin, by his first wife Elizabeth Newman, dau. of Jacob Newman

only child by first wife

1. Hon Charles Lambart, later 3rd Earl of Cavan

mar. (2)

Elizabeth Derenzie (widow of Francis Keane or Derenzie, of Tinecrosse, Kilbride, King's County; d. 1686)

died

bef. May 1691

suc. by

son by first wife

note

Member of Parliament for Kilbeggan 1647-49

 

Charles [Lambart], 3rd Earl of Cavan

born

7 Sep 1649

mar.

Castilina Gilbert (b. c. 1662/3; d. 3 Feb 1742/3), sister of St Leger Gilbert and dau. of Henry Gilbert, of Kilminchy, Queen's County

children

1. Hon Charles Lambart, styled Lord Lambart (bur. vp. 13 Feb 1689)

2. Hon Richard Lambart, later 4th Earl of Cavan

3. Hon Henry Lambart, mar. Dorothea Higgison, dau. of Thomas Higgison, of Portumna, co. Galway, and had issue:

1a. Richard Lambart, later 6th Earl of Cavan

4. Hon Oliver Lambart, mar. Frances Stewart (sometime mistress to John [Sheffield], 1st Duke of Buckingham & Normanby)

died

5 Dec 1702

suc. by

son

 

Richard [Lambart], 4th Earl of Cavan, PC

born

c. 1666

mar.

Margaret Trant (b. c. 1688; d. 5 Aug 1737), dau. of Capt Richard Trant, Governor of Barbados, by his wife Sarah Ford, sister of Robert Ford and of Margaret Ford, first wife of Sir Richard Steele

children

1. Hon Gilbert Lambart, styled Lord Lambart (dvp. in infancy)

2. Hon Ford Lambart, later 4th Earl of Cavan

1. Lady Gertrude Lambart (d. 25 Oct 1775), mar. (1) 29 Jun 1738 as his second wife William [FitzMaurice], 2nd Earl of Kerry, and (2) 7 Jul 1750 James Tilson, of Pallice, King's County, and Bolesworth Castle, co. Chester, barrister-at-law (d. 20 Jun 1764), and had issue by her first husband

2. Lady Hester Lambart, mar. 13 Dec 1738 Warner Westenra MP, and had issue

died

10 Mar 1741/2

suc. by

son

note

served as an officer in Spain, the West Indies and Portugal; Lt Col, Dormer's Regiment 1715-26; Governor of the Royal Hospital, Dublin; Privy Councillor [I] 1729

 

Ford [Lambart], 5th Earl of Cavan

born

1718

mar.

24 Mar 1741/2 Elizabeth Wall (d. 4 Oct 1766), dau. of James Wall, of Dublin, by his wife Mary Edgeworth, dau. of Robert Edgeworth, of Longwood, co. Meath

only child

1. Lady Gertrude Lambart, mar. Mar 1774 Sir Michael Cromie, 1st Bt.

died

s.p.m. 29 Sep 1772

suc. by

cousin

note

Grand Master of Irish Freemasons 1767-68 and 1768-69

 

Richard [Lambart], 6th Earl of Cavan

born

mar. (1)

c. 10 Feb 1745/6 his cousin Sophia Lambart (dsp. May 1749), yst. dau. and hrss. of Hon Oliver Lambart, by his wife Frances Stewart (sometime mistress to John [Sheffield], 1st Duke of Buckingham & Normanby)

mar. (2)

13 Nov 1762 Elizabeth Davies (d. 27 Feb 1811), 1st dau. and cohrss. of William Davies, Commissioner of the Navy

children by second wife

1. Hon Richard Lambart, later 7th Earl of Cavan

1. Lady Elizabeth Jane Lambart (d. 17 Jan 1830), mar. (1) 9 Nov 1793 Capt William Henry Ricketts Jervis RN ,and (2) Mar 1800 Rev Richard Brickenden, and had issue

died

2 Nov 1778

suc. by

son by second wife

note

Maj General 1772; Lieut General 1777; Col of the 25th Regiment of Foot 1774-75 and of the 15th Regiment of Foot 1775-78

 

Richard Ford William [Lambart], 7th Earl of Cavan

born

10 Sep 1763

mar. (1)

8 Jul 1782 Honora Margaretta Gould (d. 1 Oct 1813), yst. dau. and cohrss. of Sir Henry Gould, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, by his wife Elizabeth Walker, dau. of Rev William Walker, Prebendary of Wells

children by first wife

1. Hon Richard Henry Gilbert Lambart, styled Viscount Kilcoursie (b. 24 Mar 1783; dvp. 19 Feb 1785)

2. Hon Richard Henry Lambart, styled Viscount Kilcoursie (b. 17 Apr 1788 ; dvp. 19 Apr 1788)

3. Hon George Frederick Augustus Lambart, styled Viscount Kilcoursie (b. 9 Mar 1789; dvp. 28 Dec 1828), mar. 14 May 1811 Sarah Coppin (d. 30 Dec 1823), only dau. of John Pittman Coppin, of Cowley, co. Oxford, and had issue:

1a. Hon Frederick John William Lambart, later 8th Earl of Cavan

2a. Capt Hon Oliver George Lambart, granted the style and precedence of the younger son of an Earl by Royal Warrant 1838 (b. 29 Jun 1822; dsp. 16 Jun 1898), mar. 13 Jul 1847 Elizabeth Spear (d. 24 Jun 1904), 3rd dau. of William Spear, of Monkton, co. Dorset

1a. Lady Henrietta Augusta Lambart, granted the style and precedence of the daughter of an Earl by Royal Warrant 1838 (d. 3 Jul 1874), mar. 11 Aug 1845 Sir Robert John Harvey Harvey, 1st Bt., and had issue

2a. Lady Alicia Lambart, granted the style and precedence of the daughter of an Earl by Royal Warrant 1838 (dsp. 30 Jul 1913), mar. 13 Apr 1849 Rev James Stevenson Blackwood DD (d. 27 Mar 1882), and had issue

3a. Lady Julia Lambart, granted the style and precedence of the daughter of an Earl by Royal Warrant 1838 (d. 13 Feb 1897), mar. 3 Aug 1841 Rev Theodore Bouwens, Prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral, Rector of St Mary's, Bedford (d. 18 Feb 1869), and had issue

1. Lady Alicia Margaretta Hockmore Lambart (d. 3 Apr 1818), mar. 5 Jan 1813 as his first wife Philip Duncombe Pauncefort later Pauncefort-Duncombe, of Great Brickhill, co. Buckingham (b. 16 Jul 1784; d. 15 Mar 1849), 1st son and heir of Maj George Pauncefort, of Witham, by his wife Henrietta Digby, 2nd dau. and cohrss. of James Digby, of Red Hall, Bourne, co. Lincoln, and had issue

mar. (2)

11 Aug 1814 Lydia Arnold (b. c. 1784; d. 7 Feb 1862), 2nd dau. of William Arnold, of Slatwoods, Isle of Wight, by his wife Martha Delafield, dau. of John Delafield

children by second wife

4. Cdr Hon Oliver William Matthew Lambart RN (b. 26 Aug 1822; d. 28 Apr 1863), mar. 26 Nov 1844 Anne Elizabeth Willes (d. 24 Nov 1881), 2nd dau. of Capt George W Willes RN, and had issue:

1a. Cdr Ford Edward Willes Lambart RN (b. 16 Apr 1849; d. 21 Jan 1906), mar. 17 May 1894 Geraldine Elizabeth Brereton (d. 19 Feb 1922), dau. of Prof William Westropp Brereton, of Queen's College, Galway, and had issue:

1b. Lieut Oliver Ford Westropp Lambart RFA (b. 17 Feb 1895; dsp. 1 Jan 1960), mar. 1921 Hilda Digby, dau. of I Digby

2a. Maj Frederick Richard Henry Lambart, served in the Zulu and Boer Wars (b. 10 Jun 1850; d. 19 Aug 1888), mar. 10 Jun 1873 Catherine Adeline Maxwell Gill (d. 1897), only child of Capt Walter H Gill, and had issue:

1b. Ernest Oliver Cavan Lambart (b. 1 Jan 1874; dsp. 27 Jun 1945), mar. Josephine Drake (d. 1929)

2b. Capt Richard Frederick Lacon Lambart DSO (b. 26 Jun 1875; dspm. 6 Jun 1924), mar. (1) 1899 (div. 1909) Enid Brunton (d. 21 Feb 1963), dau. of Spencer Brunton, (2) 2 May 1913 (div.) Faith Bevan, and (3) 1922 Kitty Gibbens (mar. (2) 1924 (div.) Herbert Alfred Rich, and (3) Capt Horace Lacy Bullimore), and had issue by his third wife:

1c. (Kathleen) Joy Lydia Lacon Lambart (b. 1923)

3b. Capt Henry Godfrey Randolph Lambart (b. 9 Jul 1876; dspm. 11 Jun 1949), mar. (1) 1901 Ruby Kerchoff, dau. of M J Kerchoff, of Cape Town, South Africa, (2) (div.) Winifred Harris, and (3) Minnie Jago (d. 11 Nov 1959), and had issue by his third wife:

1c. Angela Patricia Victoria Lambart (b. 1 Mar 1925), mar. 1956 ..... Strom, of Stockholm, Sweden

2c. Eileen Ann Cavan Lambart (b. 16 Oct 1927)

4b. Maj Charles Edward Kilcoursie Lambart (b. 3 Nov 1877; d. 5 Jun 1916), mar. (1) (div.) Isobel Dora Jeffery (d. 16 Nov 1936), dau. of Edward Jeffery, of Boar's Hill House, co. Berkshire, and (2) 14 Sep 1901 Florence Marion Brandon (d. 1961), dau. of Frederick Manasseh Brandon, and had issue by his second wife:

1c. Frederick Cavan Lambart (b. 16 Jul 1902; d. 13 May 1963), mar. (1) 19 Apr 1924 (div. 1942) Adelaide Constance Babler, dau. of Ottywell Babler, and had issue:

1d. (Olivia) Marianne Lambart (b. 22 Oct 1925; d. 31 Oct 2014), mar. 27 Dec 1950 (div. 1970) Ernest Ephraim Corrett, and had issue

Frederick Lambart mar. (2) 1942 (div. 1948) Audrey May Dunham, only dau. of Albert Charles Dunham, and had further issue:

1d. Roger Cavan Lambart, later 13th Earl of Cavan

Frederick Lambart mar. (3) 1958 Kathleen Elizabeth Darvill (mar. (2) 1965 Frederick Rufus Lawrence (d. 1969), and (3) 1970 John Armstrong Wiggin, of The Anchor Hotel, Shepperton, co. Middlesex), dau. of Edward James Henry Darvill, of Port Vale House, Hertford, and had further issue:

2d. Elizabeth Lambart (b. 1959)

3a. Lt Col Percy Francis Lambart, served in Afghan War 1879-80, King's Messenger and General Staff Officer World War I 1915-18 (b. 2 Oct 1851; dsp. 10 Jul 1933), mar. (1) 28 Mar 1881 Helen Ann Ellice (d. 8 Apr 1918), dau. of Capt Alexander Ellice RN, and (2) 8 Aug 1918 Mary Louisa Stone (d. 12 Jan 1936), dau. of Capt Henry Stone

4a. Arthur Oliver Lambart, of East London, South Africa (b. 21 Jul 1854; d. 4 Apr 1903), mar. 27 Nov 1879 Annie Louisa Hillier (d. 25 Oct 1918), dau. of Augustus Hillier, and had issue:

1b. Ford Augustus Oliver Lambart, served in Bechuanaland 1897, Boer War 1899-1902 and World War I 1917-19 (b. 30 Jun 1880; d. 10 Jun 1940), mar. 1908 Daisy Elizabeth Margaret Nicholson (d. 21 Jul 1959), 1st dau. of A Reid Nicholson, of Edinburgh, and had issue:

1c. Arthur Oliver Reid Lambart (b. 1909)

1b. Honoria Kathleen Lambart (b. 5 May 1884; d. 5 Apr 1962)

2b. Alice Mary Helen Barclay Lambart (b. 27 Aug 1888)

3b. Blanche Mary Lambart (b. 9 Sep 1893), mar. 9 Jan 1919 Samuel Alexander Vintcent Melvill (d. 25 Jan 1963) ,and had issue

4b. May Hensleigh Lambart (b. 24 Aug 1889), mar. 17 Mar 1927 Stephen Peter Meintjes, and had issue

5a. Brig-Gen Edgar Alan Lambart CB, served in Afghan War 1879-80, Boer War 1902-02 and World War I 1914-17 (b. 2 Jan 1857; d. 30 Jun 1930), mar. (1) 29 Dec 1884 Hannah Geraldine Crawford Stirling-Stuart (d. 29 Jan 1887), 3rd dau. of Capt James Stirling Crawford Stirling-Stuart, of Castle Milk and of Milton, co. Lanark, by his wife Harriett Boswell Erskine Fortescue, dau. of Matthew Fortescue, of Belvedere, Dublin, and had issue:

1b. Capt Gerald Edgar Oliver Fortescue Lambart (b. 30 Nov 1885; dvp. 28 Mar 1916)

1b. Lily Georgiana Harriet Gordon Lambart (b. 16 Jan 1887; d. 29 Mar 1974)

Brig-Gen Edgar Lambart mar. (2) 14 Apr 1891 Mary Louisa Walker (d. 31 Jan 1948), 1st dau. of Sir James Robert Walker, 2nd Bt. MP, of Sand Hutton, co. York, by his wife Louisa Susan Marlborough Heron Maxwell, dau. of Sir John Heron Maxwell, 6th Bt., and had further issue:

2b. Capt Julian Harold Legge Lambart RFA, Assistant Master 1919, Lower Master 1945-49 and Vice-Provost 1959-67 at Eton College (b. 7 May 1893 ; dsp. 19...), mar. 28 Jul 1948 Margaret Davies (widow of Sir (Henry) Walford Davies KCVO OBE, Organist at St George's Chapel, Windsor), only child of Rev Canon William Evans, Rector of Narberth, co. Pembroke

6a. Alfred Charlemagne Lambart (b. 19 Jan 1861; dspm. 15 Feb 1943), mar. (1) 16 Jun 1897 (div. 1914) Constance Green (d. 12 Dec 1948), 1st dau. of Capt Edmund Lyons Green RN, and (2) 1 Jun 1920 (div. 1926) Anne Savile (widow of John Horace [Savile], 5th Earl of Mexborough; d. 11 Feb 1943), dau. of Rev Andrew Belcher, of Fasque, co. Kincardine, and had issue by his first wife:

1b. Lydia Abigail Mary Lambart (b. 20 Jun 1901), mar. 25 Apr 1925 Ivan Estridge, son of S Estridge, and had issue

2b. Helen Sybil Mary Lambart (b. 19 Sep 1912; d. 1971), mar. 7 Apr 1938 Hon Richard Frederick Hope OBE, 3rd son of John Fitzalan [Hope], 1st Baron Rankeillour, by his first wife Mabel Helen Riddell, 2nd dau. of Francis Henry Riddell, of Cheeseburn Grange, co. Northumberland, and had issue

1a. Lydia Annie Georgiana Lambart (b. 14 Sep 1846; dsp. 25 Nov 1931), mar. 9 Oct 1888 Rev Alfred Arthur Kaye Legge, barrister (b. 31 Jul 1839; dsp. 22 Jan 1906), 1st son of Gen Hon Arthur Charles Legge (by his second wife Caroline Bouwens, dau. of James Charles P Bouwens), 3rd son of George [Legge], 3rd Earl of Dartmouth

2a. Alicia Gundreda Henrietta Caroline Lambart (b. 24 Jul 1859; d. 6 Jan 1936)

died

21 Nov 1837

suc. by

grandson

note

Maj General 1798; commanded a division in Egypt 1800 under Sir Ralph Abercrombie; Col of the 2nd Battalion, 68th Regiment of Foot 1801-02, of the 2nd West Indian Regiment 1805-08, of the 77th Regiment of Foot 1808-11, of the 58th Regiment of Foot 1811-23 and of the 45th Regiment of Foot 1823-37; Lieut General 1805 ; General; Governor of Calshot Castle 1813-37

 

Frederick John William [Lambart], 8th Earl of Cavan

born

30 Dec 1815

mar.

24 Jul 1838 Hon Caroline Augusta Littleton (b. 16 May 1817; d. 18 Jan 1892), 3rd dau. of Edward John [Littleton], 1st Baron Hatherton, by his first wife Hyacinthe Mary Wellesley, illegit. dau. of Richard [Wellesley], 1st Marquess Wellesley

children

1. Hon Frederick Edward Gould Lambart, later 9th Earl of Cavan

2. Hon Octavius Henry Lambart (b. 10 Jan 1855; d. 24 Jan 1919), mar. 15 Oct 1878 Hannah Sarah Howard (d. 10 Mar 1911), dau. of Hiram Edward Howard, of Buffalo, New York, USA, and had issue:

1a. Howard Frederick John Lambart (b. 30 Dec 1880; d. 12 Jan 1946), mar. (1) 10 Mar 1908 Helen Marianne Wallbridge (d. 17 Sep 1932), only dau. of Samuel Wallbridge, of Belleville, Canada, and (2) 1938 Mary Bickerdike, dau. of Hon Robert Bickerdike, of Montreal, Canada, and had issue by his first wife:

1b. F/O Frederick Arthur Henry Lambart RAF (b. 28 Nov 1910; dvp. 13 Aug 1940)

2b. Capt Edward Howard Wallbridge Lambart (b. 19 Aug 1917; dvp. 17 Dec 1943)

1b. Helen Hyacinthe Lambart (b. 9 Oct 1908)

2b. Evelyn Mary Lambart (b. 23 Jul 1914)

1a. Caroline Augusta Lambart (b. 14 May 1883; d. 13 Jul 1949)

3. Maj Hon Arthur Lambart (b. 11 Aug 1858; dsp. 3 Apr 1937), mar. 1883 Winifred Edith Broughton (widow of George Broughton; d. 22 Nov 1926)

1. Lady Mary Hyacinthe Lambart (d. 22 Aug 1933), mar. 6 May 1875 Baron Hans von Essen, of Tidaholm, Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2 Jul 1894), and had issue

2. Lady Sarah Sophia Lambart (d. 8 Jul 1914), mar. 14 Jul 1875 as his second wife Lt Col Joseph Sladen, of Ripple Court, co. Kent, and White Holm, Westmoors, co. Dorset (b. 17 Aug 1840; d. 17 Apr1930), only son of Joseph St Barbe Sladen (by his wife Elizabeth Sladen Banks, dau. of Lawrence Banks, of Boys Hall, co. Kent), 1st son and heir ap. of Joseph Baker Sladen DL, of Ripple Court, co. Kent, by his wife Etheldred St Barbe, 1st dau. and cohrss. of Kingsman Baskett St Barbe, of London, and had issue

died

15 Dec 1887

suc. by

son

 

Frederick Edward Gould [Lambart], 9th Earl of Cavan, KP PC

born

21 Oct 1839

mar.

22 Jul 1863 Mary Sneade Olive (b. 20 Feb 1846; d. 2 Aug 1905), only dau. and hrss. of Rev John Olive, Rector of Ayott St Lawrence, co. Hertford, by his wife Ellen Brown, 1st dau. of Joseph Thomas Brown, of Winifred House, Bath

children

1. Hon Frederick Rudolph Lambart, later 10th Earl of Cavan

2. Capt Hon Lionel John Olive Lambart DSO RN (b. 16 Jul 1873; d. Jun 1940), mar. 8 May 1906 Adelaide Douglas Randolph (d. 1972), 2nd dau. of Capt Arthur Randolph Randolph, of Eastcourt, co. Wiltshire, and had issue:

1a. Lady Edith Sybil Lambart, granted the style and precedence of the daughter of an Earl by Royal Warrant 1947 (b. 11 Jun 1918; d. 31 Mar 1996), mar. 28 Feb 1940 (div. 1974) Maj Ivan Cottam Foxwell, 1st son of Lt Col Herbert Sommerton Foxwell, and had issue

3. Ven Hon Horace Edward Samuel Lambart, later 11th Earl of Cavan

1. Lady Ellen Olive Lambart (b. 12 Aug 1867; d. 17 Mar 1945)

2. Lady Maud Edith Gundrada Lambart (b. 17 Apr 1869; d. 2 Nov 1940), mar. (1) 25 Jun 1892 Henry J Barrett, of Swakeleys, Uxbridge, co. Middlesex (d. 5 Jun 1901), and (2) 15 Oct 1930 Geoffrey Birkbeck, of Stoke Holy Cross, Norwich (d. 25 Apr 1954)

died

14 Jul 1900

suc. by

son

note

Lieut in the Royal Navy, serving at Sebastopol 1854, at the bombardment of Canton 1856, and with "a forlorn hope" at the attack on Paiho Forts 1858; Member of Parliament (Liberal) for South Somerset 1885-92; Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1886; Privy Councillor 1886; Knight of St Patrick 1894

 

Frederick Rudolph [Lambart], 10th Earl of Cavan, KP GCB GCMG GCVO GBE DL

born

16 Oct 1865

mar. (1)

1 Aug 1893 Caroline Inez Crawley (b. 6 Feb 1870; dsp. 15 Jun 1920), 1st dau. of George Baden Crawley, of Fitzroy Farm, Highgate, co. Middlesex, by his wife Eliza Inez Hulbert, 1st dau. of H G Hulbert, of Farleigh, co. Kent

mar. (2)

27 Nov 1922 Lady Hester Joan Mulholland DBE (widow of Capt Hon Andrew Edward Somerset Mulholland, 1st son of Henry Lyle [Mulholland], 2nd Baron Dunleath;  d. 1976), 5th dau. of Rev Francis Edmund Cecil [Byng], 5th Earl of Strafford, by his second wife Emily Georgina Kerr, 1st dau. of Adm Lord Frederic Herbert Kerr (by his wife Emily Sophia Maitland, dau. of Gen Sir Peregrine Maitland GCB), 3rd son by his second wife of William [Kerr], 6th Marquess of Lothian

children by second wife

1. Lady Elizabeth Mary Lambart, a bridesmaid to Princess Elizabeth 1947 (b. 16 Oct 1924; d. 8 Dec 2016), mar. Jul 1949 Mark Frederic Kerr Longman, publisher (d. 6 Sep 1972), 5th son of Henry Kerr Longman, of Wildwood, Pyrford, co. Surrey, and had issue

2. Lady Joanna Lambart (b. 8 Dec 1929), mar. 3 Nov 1955 Maj Michael Godwin Plantagenet Stourton (b. 7 Dec 1926), 1st son of Maj Hon John Joseph Stourton MP (by his first wife Kathleen Alice Gunther, 1st dau. of Robert Louis George Gunther, of Park Wood, Englefield Green, co. Surrey), 2nd son of Charles Botolph Joseph [Stourton], 24th (or 8th) Baron Mowbray, and has issue

died

s.p.m. 28 Aug 1946

suc. by

brother

note

Lieut, Grenadier Guards 1885; ADC to the Governor-General of Canada 1891-93; Capt 1897; served in the Boer War 1899-1902; Maj 1902; Lt Col, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards 1908-12; MVO 1910; T/Brig-Gen commanding 4th Guards Brigade, British Expeditionary Force 1914-15; CB 1915; a Representative Peer for Ireland 1915; Maj Gen commanding Guards Division 1915; Lieut-Gen commanding XIVth Army Corps 1916-17; Knight of St Patrick 1916; KCB 1918; T/Gen Commander-in-Chief, British Expeditionary Force in Italy 1918-19; GCMG 1919; Lieutenant of the Tower of London 1920; ADC General to King George V and General Officer Commander-in-Chief, Aldershot 1920; General 1921; Military Adviser, British Delegation to Washington 1921; GCVO 1922; Chief of the Imperial General Staff and Member of the Army Council 1922-26; Col, Irish Guards 1925; GCB 1926; Chief of Staff to the Duke of York on his Australian and New Zealand Tour 1927; GBE 1927; Col, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 1928-35; Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms 1929-31; Field Marshal 1932; commanded the Troops at the Coronation 1937

 

Ven Horace Edward Samuel Sneade [Lambart], 11th Earl of Cavan

born

25 Aug 1878

mar.

9 Jul 1907 Audrey Kathleen Loder (d. 8 Apr 1942), only dau. of Alfred Basil Loder, of Aldwickbury, co. Hertford, by his first wife Annie Katherine Crosse, 1st dau. of Rev Charles Henry Crosse, Rector of Fincham, co. Norfolk

children

1. Hon Michael Edward Oliver Lambart, later 12th Earl of Cavan

1. Lady Mary Veronica Lambart (b. 12 Apr 1908; d. 19...), mar. 4 Apr 1934 Col Edward Henry Cadogan CBE, only child of Lt Col Henry Osbert Samuel Cadogan, and had issue

2. Lady Daphne Olive Lambart (b. 22 Dec 1909), mar. 22 Dec 1944 Maj Kenneth Gordon Grierson (d. 1976), son of Douglas Grierson, barrister, of Shirley, co. Warwick, and has issue

died

9 Dec 1950

suc. by

son

note

served in the Boer War 1900 and in World War I; Vicar of Holy Trinity, Leaton 1908-13, of Market Drayton 1913-18 and of St Mary's Shrewsbury 1918-25; Archdeacon of Shropshire 1916; Provost of Denstone 1928; Prebendary Emeritus of Lichfield Cathedral

 

Michael Edward Oliver [Lambart], 12th Earl of Cavan, TD

born

29 Oct 1911

mar.

10 Apr 1947 Essex Lucy Cholmondeley (b. 1921; d. 15 Jan 2005), only dau. of Henry Arthur Cholmondeley, of Shotton Hall, Shrewsbury, by his wife Helen Mary Wrigley, 2nd dau. of Harold Wrigley, of Ganton Hall, Scarborough, co. York

children

1. Lady Sarah Audley Lambart (b. 12 Jun 1948; dvp. 26 Jul 1981), mar. 12 Sep 1968 Capt Alistair Charles Sinclair, of Piccadilly Cottage, Kingston Lisle, co. Oxford, son of Col David Charles Stranach Sinclair OBE, of Court Close, Southmoor, Abingdon, co. Berkshire, and has issue

2. Lady Jane Mary Lambart (b. 25 Oct 1949; dvp. 17 Dec 1954)

3. Lady Katherine Lucy Lambart (b. 2 Mar 1955), mar. 25 Oct 1978 (div. 1986) Lorenzo Ruiz Bannero, 2nd son of Lorenzo Ruiz Jimenez, of Jorge Juan 55, Madrid, Spain, and has issue

died

s.p.m. 17 Nov 1988

suc. by

fourth half-cousin

note

fought in World War II; TD 1950; Commanded Shropshire Yeomanry 1955-58; Deputy Lieutenant of Shropshire 1959-75; Honorary Colonel, Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry 1974; Vice Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire 1975

 

Roger Cavan [Lambart], 13th Earl of Cavan

born

1 Sep 1944

 

The succession to the Earldom of Cavan lies either with the male descendants, if any, of Arthur Oliver Reid Lambart (b. 1909; d. ?), a great-great-grandson of the 7th Earl of Cavan, or the male descendants of Cyril Henry Edward Lambart, of Queensland, Australia (b. 1866; d. 1955), younger brother of Sir Gustavus Francis William Lambart, 1st Bt., and a great-great-great-great-grandson of the 1st Earl of Cavan.

 

 Last updated 15 Jan 2017

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Titles:

13th Earl of Cavan

(Ireland, let. pat. 15 Apr 1647)

13th Viscount Kilcoursie

(Ireland, let. pat. 15 Apr 1647)

14th Lord Lambart, Baron of Cavan in the County of Cavan

(Ireland, let. pat. 17 Feb 1617/18)

 

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