LAMBERT, Sir Oliver (d.1618), of Southampton; later of Co. Cavan, Ireland.

Family and Education

o.s. of Walter Lambert of Southampton by his 1st w. Rose, da. of Sir Oliver Wallop of Farleigh Wallop, Hants. educ. Furnival’s Inn; L. Inn 1578. m. bef. 1599, Hester, da. of William Fleetwood III, 2s. 3da. Kntd. 1596; cr. Lord Lambert, Baron of Cavan [I] 17 Feb. 1618.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 82; W. Berry, Co. Genealogies, Hants, 77; CP, iii. 116.

Offices Held

MP [I] 1613.

Served under Sir John Norris in Ireland 1580 – 85, in the Low Countries 1585 – 95; col. of foot and quartermaster gen. for the Cadiz voyage 1596; j.p. Hants 1597; serjeant-major gen. of the Earl of Essex’s army in Ireland Apr. 1599; commander of forces in Leinster, and camp-master during the Earl’s absence, Aug. 1599; gov. Connaught 1601; PC [I] 1603; member, council for Munster 1615.CSP Ire. 1574–85, p. 553; 1599–1600, pp. 124–60; 1600, pp. 11, 12; 1601–3, p. 346; Cott. Galba D viii. ff. 76, 84, 110; HMC Hatfield, vi. 206, 361.

Parlimentarian

LAMBERT, Sir Oliver (d.1618), of Southampton; later of Co. Cavan, Ireland.

Main residences: Southampton; Co. Cavan, Ireland, [I].

Author

R.C.G.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

LAMBERT, Sir Oliver (-d.1618)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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