Robert Lambert (Royal Navy officer)
{{Short description|Royal Navy admiral (1771–1836)}}
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{{Infobox military person
|name = Robert Lambert
|birth_date = {{birth-date|2 April 1771}}
|death_date = {{d-da|16 September 1836|2 April 1771}}
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|death_place = Weston Green, Surrey
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|allegiance = United Kingdom
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|rank = Vice admiral
|branch = Royal Navy
|commands = HMS Duncan
Cape of Good Hope Station
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|battles = Napoleonic Wars
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Vice Admiral Robert Stuart Lambert (2 April 1771 – 16 September 1836) was a Royal Navy officer who became commander-in-chief of the Cape of Good Hope Station.
Naval career
Lambert joined the Royal Navy in circa 1790 and, having been promoted to captain he was given command of the third-rate HMS Duncan in 1812.{{cite web|url=http://www.french-news-online.com/wordpress/?p=37113|title=A Skeleton in the (Bastille Day) Cupboard or the Fanciful Liberation of the 'Comte de Lorges'|date=8 July 2014|publisher=French News online|accessdate=19 November 2016}} He became commander-in-chief of the Cape of Good Hope Station in 1820.{{cite web|last1=Hiscocks|first1=Richard|title=Cape Commander-in-Chief 1795-1852|url=http://morethannelson.com/commander-chief-cape/|website=morethannelson.com|date=17 January 2016 |publisher=morethannelson.com|accessdate=19 November 2016}} His responsibilities included command of the British garrison on Saint Helena where Napoleon died in May 1821.{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/21853|title=Vice Admiral Robert Stuart Lambert|publisher=University College, London|accessdate=19 November 2016}}
References
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External links
- {{cite RNB1823 |wstitle=Lambert, Robert |volume=1 |part=2 |pages=720–722 |short=x}}
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{{s-bef | before=Robert Plampin}}
{{s-ttl | title=Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station | years=1820–1821}}
{{s-aft | after=James Lillicrap}}
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