Richard Lambart, 6th Earl of Cavan
Lieutenant-General Richard Lambart, 6th Earl of Cavan (died 2 November 1778) was an Anglo-Irish peer and soldier.
He was the son of Henry and Dorothea Lambart and succeeded his cousin
earldom
in 1772. His father was a younger son of the 3rd Earl of Cavan.
He joined the Army and became a Major-General in 1772 and a Lieutenant-General in 1777. He was appointed Colonel of the
15th Foot on 7 September 1775, an appointment he held until his death.[1]
He was elected to the Parliament of Ireland in 1773.[2]
He died in 1778 and was buried in
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. He married twice: firstly his cousin Sophia, daughter of Oliver Lambart (a younger son of Charles Lambart, 3rd Earl of Cavan); and secondly Elizabeth, the daughter and coheiress of William Davies (Commissioner of the Navy), with whom he had a son and a daughter. Furthermore, he was succeeded by his son Richard Lambart, 7th Earl of Cavan.[2]
References
- ^ "55th Regiment of Foot-Richard Lambart, 6th Earl of Cavan". British Empire (Stephen Luscombe]. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ a b Lodge, John. The Peerage of Ireland:Volume I. p. 361.
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