Richard Lambart, 7th Earl of Cavan Contents Biography Marriages References Notes Navigation menuProfile at ThePeerage.com"Lambart, Richard Ford William""Gould, Henry (1710-1794)" "Lambart, Richard Ford William" 

1763 births1837 deaths58th Regiment of Foot officers77th Regiment of Foot officersBritish Army generalsBritish Army personnel of the Napoleonic WarsSherwood Foresters officersWest India Regiment officersEarls of Cavan


Napoleonic eraCleopatra's NeedleAnglo-IrishThe 6th Earl of CavanColdstream GuardsAbercrombyEyre CooteSiege of Alexandria68th Foot77th Foot58th Regiment of Foot45th Regiment of FootGovernor of Calshot CastlesinecureThomas Arnold






The 7th Earl of Cavan.


General Richard Ford William Lambart, 7th Earl of Cavan (10 September 1763 – 21 November 1837), styled Viscount Kilcoursie from 1772 to 1778, was a British military commander throughout the Napoleonic era and beyond.


He became head of the British Army in Egypt. He suggested to the British government the removal of the obelisk known as Cleopatra's Needle, for long centuries embedded in the sand near Alexandria, Egypt. The undertaking was considered too costly and not taken up until 1877, and the obelisk now stands on the London Embankment to commemorate the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars.




Contents





  • 1 Biography


  • 2 Marriages


  • 3 References


  • 4 Notes




Biography




7th Earl of Cavan in 1801


He was born into an Anglo-Irish aristocratic family, the only son of The 6th Earl of Cavan, whom he succeeded in 1778.[1]


He was commissioned as an ensign in the Coldstream Guards in 1779. In 1798 he was promoted to Major-General, and in 1800 he commanded a Division in Egypt under Abercromby. In command of a Brigade of Guards under General Eyre Coote he took part in the Siege of Alexandria in 1801.[1] He appears as one of a number of Heroes of the Egypt Campaign in a commemorative engraving of 1802.[2]


He was Colonel of the 2nd Battalion, 68th Foot between 1801 and 1802. In 1805 he was promoted to Lieutenant-General. He was Colonel of the 2nd West Indian Regiment between 1805 and 1808. He was Colonel of the 77th Foot between 1808 and 1811. Promoted to full general in 1814, he was Colonel of the 58th Regiment of Foot between 1811 and 1823. He was a General Officer and Colonel of the 45th Regiment of Foot between 1823 and 1837.


Between 1813 and 1837, he held the office of Governor of Calshot Castle, a sinecure abolished after his death.[3]



Marriages


Lambart married first Honora Margaretta, the daughter of Sir Henry Gould the younger (1710–1794). He then married Lydia, daughter of William Arnold.[4][5] She was sister to Thomas Arnold of Rugby School, and died of consumption in Torquay, Devon.



References


  • Profile at ThePeerage.com


  • Frederick John William, 8th Earl of Cavan. A Life Sketch, privately printed at Weston-super-Mare; no date; no ISBN


Notes




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  2. ^ Black Watch Museum, Perth


  3. ^ The London Gazette, Part 2. p. 2383.


  4. ^ "Gould, Henry (1710-1794)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.


  5. ^ "Lambart, Richard Ford William" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.





















Military offices
Preceded by
Sir William Myers

Colonel of the 2nd West India Regiment
1805–1808
Succeeded by
Eyre Power Trench
Preceded by
Albemarle Bertie

Colonel of the 77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot
1808–1811
Succeeded by
Sir Charles Hastings
Preceded by
George Scott

Colonel of the 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot
1811–1823
Succeeded by
The Lord Lynedoch
Preceded by
Frederick Cavendish Lister

Colonel of the 45th (Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot
1823–1837
Succeeded by
Sir William Henry Pringle
Preceded by
Sir Harry Burrard

Governor of Calshot Castle
1813–1837

Office abolished

Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
Richard Lambart

Earl of Cavan
1778–1837
Succeeded by
Frederick Lambart






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