Horace Lambart, 11th Earl of Cavan
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The Earl of Cavan | |
|---|---|
| Earl of Cavan | |
| In office 1946–1950 | |
| Preceded by | Rudolph Lambart |
| Succeeded by | Michael Lambart |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 August 1878 Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England |
| Died | 9 December 1950 (aged 72) Plex House, Hadnall, England |
| Resting place | Ashes buried in the churchyard of St Martin's Church, Preston Gubbals |
| Spouse |
Audrey Kathleen Loder
(m. 1907; died 1942) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents |
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| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford (B.A., 1901; M.A., 1904) Cuddesdon Theological College (1902) |
| Occupation | Soldier, priest |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  British Army |
| Service years | 1900–1919 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Unit | City of London Imperial Volunteers Oxfordshire Light Infantry Shropshire Yeomanry |
| Conflicts | Second Boer War World War I |
The Venerable Horace Edward Samuel Sneade Lambart, 11th Earl of Cavan, TD (25 August 1878 – 9 December 1950), was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Anglican priest.
Lambart was born at Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire,[1] and was educated at Charterhouse School and graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford, as BA in 1901 and MA in 1904.[2] At university he was an oarsman in the Oxford University Eight oar trial race for three years, with interval for Boer War service. He also rowed bow in the winning four of the University College Prize Medal Four Oars.[1]
Military service
At Charterhouse, he joined the school's Cadet Corps in 1893, and was commissioned while still a boy in 1897.[1]
In 1899, while at university, Lambart was commissioned Lieutenant in the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry. He renounced his commission to enlist, through the Inns of Court Rifles, into the London City Imperial Volunteers in 1900, after the outbreak of the Boer War.[1]
In South Africa, he served from 1900 to 1902 as Private in the CIV despatch cyclist section, much of the time under Lord Kitchener's personal orders.[1]
He was regimental chaplain to the Shropshire Yeomanry from 1909. He was mobilised at the outbreak of the First World War and accompanied the regiment to Egypt but left in December 1916 to take up his civilian post as Archdeacon of Salop. He continued after the war from 1919,[1] and was awarded the Territorial Decoration in 1931.[3]
Marriage
On 9 July 1907, he married Audrey Kathleen Loder (died 8 April 1942), daughter of Lt.-Col. Alfred Basil Loder. they had three children. Mary Veronica Lambart, married Colonel Edward Cadogan.