Michael Edward Oliver Lambart, 12th Earl of Cavan, (29 October 1911 – 17 November 1988) was a

hereditary peer The hereditary peers form part of the peerage in the United Kingdom. As of September 2022, there are 807 hereditary peers: 29 dukes (including five royal dukes), 34 marquesses, 190 earls, 111 viscounts, and 443 barons (disregarding subsid ...

. He succeeded his father in 1950. Lord Cavan was educated at

Radley College Radley College, formally St Peter's College, Radley, is a public school (independent boarding school for boys) near Radley, Oxfordshire, England, which was founded in 1847. The school covers including playing fields, a golf course, a lake, and ...

, a public school for boys in Oxfordshire. He was commanding officer of the

Shropshire Yeomanry The Shropshire Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1795, which served as a cavalry and dismounted infantry regiment in the First World War and as a cavalry and an artillery regiment in the Second World War. It w ...

between 1955 and 1958. He married Essex Lucy Cholmondeley, daughter of Henry Arthur Cholmondeley and Helen Mary Wrigley, on 10 April 1947.Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. As he had no sons, the title passed from him to a distant cousin, Roger Cavan Lambart, a descendant of the 7th Earl.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cavan, Michael Lambart, 12th Earl 1911 births 1988 deaths People educated at Radley College Deputy Lieutenants of Shropshire British Army personnel of World War II King's Shropshire Light Infantry officers Shropshire Yeomanry officers Earls of Cavan