The Lambert Baronetcy, of London, is a title in the
Baronetage of Great Britain
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain.
Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
King James I ...
. It was created on 16 February 1711 for John Lambert, a French-born merchant who had settled in England. He was a Director of the
South Sea Company
The South Sea Company (officially The Governor and Company of the merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, and for the encouragement of the Fishery) was a British joint-stock company founded in Ja ...
and was created a Baronet for supplying the
Treasury
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*A government department related to finance and taxation, a finance ministry.
*A place or location where treasure, such as currency or precious items are kept. These can be state or royal property, church treasure or i ...
with loans. The seventh Baronet, who served as
high sheriff of
Worcestershire
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in 1901, assumed in 1905 by Royal licence the surname of Grey for himself and issue in lieu of his patronymic. This surname was also borne by the eighth Baronet.
Lambert baronets, of London (1711)
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Sir John Lambert, 1st Baronet (1666–1723)
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Sir John Lambert, 2nd Baronet (1690–1772)
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Sir John Lambert, 3rd Baronet (1728–1799)
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Sir Henry Lambert, 4th Baronet (c. 1756–1803)
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Sir Henry John Lambert, 5th Baronet (1792–1858)
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Sir Henry Edward Francis Lambert, 6th Baronet (1822–1872)
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Sir Henry Foley Grey, 7th Baronet
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(1861–1914)
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Sir John Foley Grey, 8th Baronet (1893–1938)
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Sir Greville Foley Lambert, 9th Baronet (1900–1988)
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Sir John Hugh Lambert, 10th Baronet (c. 1908–1979)
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Sir Peter John Biddulph Lambert, 11th Baronet (born 1952)
**The heir apparent is Thomas Hugh John Lambert (born 1999)
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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Lambert
1711 establishments in Great Britain