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

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, to the

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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 55th Foot on 3 August 1774, transferring as Colonel to the

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on 7 September 1775, an appointment he held until his death. He was elected to the Parliament of Ireland in 1773. He died in 1778 and was buried in

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. He married twice: firstly his cousin Sophia, daughter of Oliver Lambart (a younger son of

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); 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

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Published Works

In 1776 Lambert published ''A New System of Military Discipline, Founded Upon Principle''.

References

*http://thepeerage.com/p20978.htm#i209772 1778 deaths British Army lieutenant generals 55th Regiment of Foot officers East Yorkshire Regiment officers Year of birth missing Earls of Cavan Burials at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin 18th-century British Army personnel {{Ireland-earl-stub