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
