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John Lambert (other)
John Lambert may refer to: *John Lambert (martyr) (died 1538), English Protestant martyred during the reign of Henry VIII *John Lambert (general) (1619–1684), Parliamentary general in the English Civil War *John Lambert of Creg Clare (''fl.'' c. 1645 – c. 1669), Irish soldier and Royalist * Sir John Lambert, 1st Baronet (1666–1723), French-born English merchant *John Lambert (politician) (1746–1823), U.S. senator from and Acting Governor of New Jersey *John Lambert (British Army officer) (1772–1847), British Army general and cricketer *John William Lambert (1860–1952), American automotive pioneer *John Lambert (civil servant) (1815–1892), British civil servant *John Lambert (composer) (1926–1995), British composer and teacher *John Lambert (diplomat) (1921–2015), British ambassador * John Laurence Lambert (1936–2014), Australian educator and author *John Lambert (naval historian) (1937–2016), naval illustrator and author *Jack Lambert (American football) (John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lambert (martyr)
John Lambert (died 1538) was an English Protestant martyr burnt to death on 22 November 1538 at Smithfield, London. Life Lambert was born John Nicholson in Norwich and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he became a friend and a colleague of Thomas Cromwell. He was made a fellow there on the nomination of Catherine of Aragon. After theological disputes he changed his name and went to Antwerp, where he served as priest to the English factory. Here he became friends with John Frith and William Tyndale, and became a member of the group of humanist theologians that met at the White Horse Tavern—a group that included Edward Fox and Robert Barnes, and the arch-conservative Stephen Gardiner. Upon his return in 1531, Lambert came under the scrutiny of Archbishop William Warham, but Warham died in 1532. Lambert then earned his living teaching Greek and Latin near the Stock markets. In 1536 he was accused of heresy by the Duke of Norfolk, but escaped until 1538, when he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lambert (general)
John Lambert, also spelt 'Lambart' (7 September 1619 – 1 March 1684) was an English Parliamentarian general and politician. Widely regarded as one of the most talented soldiers of the period, he fought throughout the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and was largely responsible for victory in the 1650 to 1651 Scottish campaign. Although involved in the discussions between the New Model Army and Parliament during 1647, his first formal involvement in civilian politics was in 1653 when he became a member of the English Council of State. In December 1653, he helped prepare the 'Instrument of Government', which provided the constitutional framework for the Protectorate. He later fell out with Oliver Cromwell, largely because he opposed converting his role as Lord Protector into a kingship. He lost his offices in 1657 after refusing to swear an oath of loyalty to Cromwell, and after Cromwell's death in September 1658, he re-entered politics as Member of Parliament for Pontefract in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lambert Of Creg Clare
John Lambert of Creg Clare ( fl. c.1610 – c.1669) was an Irish soldier and Royalist. Life A native of County Galway a Hiberno-Norman, Lambert is described as "an officer in Lord Clanricarde's Regiment in the Duke of Ormonde's Army in Ireland 1645. Had a lease of Creg Clare from the Earl of Clanricarde in 1669." (O'Regan, p. 40) According to Patrick Melvin (p. 53), the original Lambert residence, Creg Clare, is north-east of Ardrahan, close to Castle Taylor, Tullira and Roxborough, homes of the Taylor, Martyn and Persse families by the early 18th-century. Donovan O'Sullivan more fully describes him as the secretary of Ulick Burke, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde in November 1651. In that month, Clanricarde "dispatched his secretary, John Lambert, to Galway to find out exactly the real state of feeling in the town. Lambert's instructions were to put the inhabitants fully ''au courant'' with the situation in the kingdom. Having done this, he was to inform them that, since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Lambert, 1st Baronet
Sir John Lambert, 1st Baronet (1666 – 4 February 1723) of London, was a French-born English merchant. He was the eldest son of Jean Lambert (d. 1702), a merchant of Saint-Martin-de-Ré, Île de Ré, France, by Marie Le Fevre. A Protestant, he was educated in England at Camberwell and became wealthy through trade. He was one of the directors of the South Sea Company. He was knighted in or after September 1710, when he had advanced £400,000 or more to the British Government.Cokayne, George Edward (1906) Complete Baronetage'. Volume V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co. . p. 10 On the recommendation of Robert Harley, Chancellor of the Exchequer, he was created a baronet on 16 February 1711. He married, in or before 1690, Madeleine, daughter of Benjamin Bruzelin, who was a merchant in Rouen. Their first son, also called John, was born on 22 March 1690. The first baronet died on 4 February 1723, and he was succeeded by his eldest son, John. Madeleine died in Clarges Street, Piccadilly, in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lambert (politician)
John Lambert (February 24, 1746February 4, 1823), was a New Jersey politician who served as a Representative, a U.S. Senator and as acting governor of New Jersey. Early life Born in Amwell Township in the Province of New Jersey (in what is today known as Lambertville, New Jersey), he pursued an academic course and engaged in agricultural pursuits. Politics Lambert was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1780–1785, and in 1788. He was a member of the New Jersey Legislative Council from 1790–1804, and served as vice president from 1801 to 1804. Lambert was the Acting Governor of New Jersey in 1802 and 1803, serving in 1802 due to a deadlocked vote in the gubernatorial election. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Ninth United States Congress and Tenth United States Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1805 to March 3, 1809. Lambert was elected to the United States Senate and served a single term, from March 4, 1809, to March 3, 1815. On June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lambert (British Army Officer)
General Sir John Lambert (28 April 1772 – 14 September 1847) was a British Army officer who served in the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. He is best known for his consummate actions whilst commanding the tenth brigade during the Battle of Waterloo, which kept open the vital line of communication between Hougoumont farmhouse and the rest of the Allied army. Life Lambert entered the British Army on 27 January 1791, as an ensign in the 1st Foot Guards. He was promoted to lieutenant and captain on 9 October 1793. He served at the sieges of Valenciennes and Dunkirk, and was in the Battle of Lincelles in 1793. He was adjutant of the third battalion in the campaign of 1794, served with it during the Irish Rebellion of 1798, and in the expedition to Holland in 1799. He was promoted captain and lieutenant-colonel on 14 May 1801. He served in Portugal and Spain in 1808, and was present at Corunna, and he commanded the light companies of the guard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John William Lambert
John William Lambert (January 29, 1860 May 20, 1952) was an American automobile manufacturer pioneer and inventor. He is the inventor of the first practical American gasoline automobile. He operated large manufacturing companies that made transmissions, stationary gas engines, farm tractors, commercial motor trucks, railroad inspection vehicles, and various gasoline driven street cars. He had over 600 patents. In 1891, he built a working gasoline automobile, one year before the Duryea Brothers constructed theirs. Early life Lambert was born on January 29, 1860, in Champaign County, Ohio. His parents were George Lambert and Anna (Liber) Lambert. They were both natives of Pennsylvania and pioneers of Ohio. Lambert was the third child of ten children in the family. He received his education in the local public schools where he grew up as a child. In 1876 at the age of 16 Lambert invented the first automatic corn planter and manufactured hundreds of them from his hometown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lambert (civil Servant)
Sir John Lambert (4 February 1815 – 27 January 1892) was a British solicitor and civil servant. The son of Daniel Lambert, of Milford Hall, Salisbury, Lambert was educated at Downside School, the Catholic institution in Somerset, before becoming a solicitor in Salisbury. In the 1840s, he was behind the construction of the first Catholic church in Salisbury, St Osmund's, in the city centre.Historic EnglandSalisbury - St Osmund ''Taking Stock'', retrieved 2 June 2022 In 1854, he was elected Mayor of Salisbury, the first Roman Catholic mayor of a cathedral city since the Reformation. In 1857, Lambert was appointed an inspector under the Poor Law Board. In 1863, he was called upon by Charles Pelham Villiers to frame relief measures for the Lancashire Cotton Famine: his work resulted in the Union Relief Aid Acts and the Public Works (Manufacturing Districts) Act 1864. In the following years, Lambert was involved in the preparation of the Reform Bill 1866 for Lord John Russell's go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lambert (composer)
John Lambert (15 July 1926 – 7 March 1995) was a British music composer and teacher. Biography John Arthur Neil Lambert was born at Maidenhead. After obtaining a post at the Royal College of Music, he lived at Brighton for the rest of his life, where he shared a house with organist Timothy Bond. He died in Brighton from liver cancer. Music career Lambert studied at the Royal Academy of Music, and then at the Royal College of Music. He studied with Nadia Boulanger privately in Paris; that study ended in 1953. In 1958 Lambert was named Music Director at the Old Vic theatre; he retained that post until 1962, when he accepted a post as Professor of Composition at the Royal College of Music. At the Royal College he established a dedicated experimental music group. Lambert taught many students who went on to become noted in their own right, including Oliver Knussen, Antony Cooke, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Simon Bainbridge, Gabriel Jackson and Julian Anderson. He also taught Javie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lambert (diplomat)
Sir John Henry Lambert, (8 January 1921 – 6 July 2015) was a British diplomat. From 1977 to 1981 he was the United Kingdom's ambassador to Tunisia. Early life Lambert was born on 8 January 1921 to Ronald Lambert, MC and Hazel Mary Lambert (née Cox). He was educated at Eton College, an all-boys public school near Windsor, Berkshire. He spent one year studying at Trinity College, Cambridge, before being called up for military service in 1940. Military service In 1940, Lambert was called up for military service. Diplomatic career On 18 September 1977, he was appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Tunisian Republic. Honours and decorations He was appointed CMG in the 1975 New Year Honours, and on 23 October 1980 Lambert was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO). He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Laurence Lambert
John Laurence Lambert (November 2, 1936 – December 2, 2014) was an Australian educator and author. Early life and education John Lambert was born in 1936 at the western New South Wales town of Wilcannia where his father was an Anglican minister with the Bush Church Aid society. As his father moved, he lived in Carlton, Katoomba and Springwood attending school in those areas. Lambert studied education at the Sydney Teachers' College, achieving both his Bachelor of Arts, and Diploma of Education. He subsequently completed a Master of Education at the University of Sydney in 1980. Education career Lambert taught English and history at Sydney Boys High School and St Marys High, where he also became the leader of the local cadet unit and band master. He was appointed English/history master at Cabramatta High School in 1966. He then advanced from direct teaching roles to a variety of inspector and administrative positions within the New South Wales Department of Educati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lambert (naval Historian)
John Lambert (1937 – January 11, 2016) was a naval illustrator and historian.Lambert, John 1937- ''WorldCat''. Accessed 29 December 2020. He specialised in naval boats up to size. The information he presented, and his detailed drawings of |
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