Thomas Lambert (1585–1638) was an English landowner who briefly sat in the House of Commons from 1625 to 1626. Lambert was the son of Edward Lambert (d.1609) of Boyton, Wiltshire. He matriculated at

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on 19 October 1604, aged 17. In 1625, Lambert was elected as one of the two

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for Hindon, and was re-elected for Hindon in 1626. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Labdon-Ledsam', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (1891), pp. 868-892. Date accessed: 21 May 2012
/ref> In or before 1613 he married Anne (d.1649), daughter of Walter Dunch, a barrister of Gray's Inn and Avebury. They had five sons and two daughters. The second son, also

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(d.1694) took holy orders and became

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. Lambert had already rebuilt the manor house at Boyton by the time he took ownership on his mother's death in 1619, his elder brother having predeceased him. In 1621 his brother-in-law William Dunch conveyed Avebury manor to him. Lambert died at Boyton on 30 August 1638 and was buried in the parish church. At the time of his death he held six manors as well as other properties, in Wiltshire and Norfolk.

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1585 births 1638 deaths Alumni of the Queen's College, Oxford English MPs 1625 English MPs 1626 {{17thC-England-MP-stub