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LAMBERT, SIR JOHN, second son of Capt. Robert Alexander Lambert, Royal Navy, and Catherine, dau. of Thomas [or Matthew ?] Byndloss, Jamaica; b. 28 Apr 1772; at Charterhouse Sch. 1782-8; at school under Vincent (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1845); Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 27 Jan 1791; Lieut. and Capt., 9 Oct 1793; Capt. and Lieut. -Col, 14 May 1801; Col. in the Army 25 Jul 1810; Maj. -Gen., 4 Jun 1813; Col., 10th Foot, from 18 Jan 1824; Lieut. -Gen., 27 May 1825; Gen., 23 Nov 1841; served in Flanders 1793-4, in Ireland during rebellion of 1798, in expedition to the Helder 1799, in Peninsular War 1808-9, 1812-4, in Walcheren expedition 1809 and in America 1815; commanded 10th Brigade of British Infantry at battle of Waterloo 18 Jun 1815, and subsequently 8th Infantry Brigade of Army of Occupation, France; KCB 2 Jan 1815; GCB 19 Jul 1838; m. 19 Oct 1816 Jane, dau. of John Morant, Brockenhurst Park, Hampshire; d. 14 Sep 1847. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.