Hugh Trevor Lambrick CIE (20 April 1904–31 August 1982) was a British archaeologist, historian and administrator. During his distinguished career as a member of the

Indian Civil Service The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British Raj, British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947. Its members ruled over more than 3 ...

he also became known for his archaeological work at

Mohenjo-daro Mohenjo-daro (; , ; ) is an archaeological site in Larkana District, Sindh, Pakistan. Built 2500 BCE, it was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation, and one of the world's earliest major city, cities, contemp ...

and

Harappa Harappa () is an archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan, about west of Sahiwal, that takes its name from a modern village near the former course of the Ravi River, which now runs to the north. Harappa is the type site of the Bronze Age Indus ...

Early life

He was born in 1904 at

Shardlow Shardlow is a village in Derbyshire, England about southeast of Derby and southwest of Nottingham. Part of the civil parish of Shardlow and Great Wilne, and the district of South Derbyshire, it is also very close to the border with Leicester ...

, Derbyshire, England, the son of the Revd. Charles Menzies Lambrick (1862–1947) and Jessie Mabel ''née'' Trevor (1875–1946), who was born in India. His brother was George Lambrick (1901–1946) and his sister Hope Lambrick (1911–1983). He was educated at The Dene preparatory school in

Caterham Caterham () is a town in the Tandridge (district), Tandridge district of Surrey, England. The town is administratively divided into two: Caterham on the Hill, and Caterham Valley, which includes the main town centre in the middle of a dry valle ...

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(1912–17) and after at the

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(1917–23). He won an open scholarship to

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(1923–6) where he was awarded a first-class honours degree in modern history.Moir, Marti
Lambrick, Hugh Trevor (1904–1982)

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Career

In October 1927 Lambrick joined the

(ICS) after passing the open competitive civil service examination; he chose to serve in

Sindh Sindh ( ; ; , ; abbr. SD, historically romanized as Sind (caliphal province), Sind or Scinde) is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, southeastern region of the country, Sindh is t ...

where members of his mother's family had served before him. From 1927 to 1947 he served in Sindh province (present day Pakistan) as Commissioner where he did most of his archaeological work, including at

and

. Lambrick became fluent in the

Sindhi language Sindhi ( ; or , ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by more than 30 million people in the Pakistani province of Sindh, where it has official status, as well as by 1.7 million people in India, where it is a Scheduled languages of India, schedu ...

and also became familiar with the

Balochi language Balochi (, romanized: ) is a Northwestern Iranian language, spoken primarily in the Balochistan region of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. In addition, there are speakers in Oman, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Turkmenistan, East Afr ...

, developing an appreciation for Balochi poetry and music. Such was his interest in the geography, anthropology and archaeology of the Sindh province that he became Secretary of the Sindh Historical Society. During the 1940s he was involved in suppressing the

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which in 1943 lead to the hanging of Pir of Pagaro VI, the spiritual leader of the

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. In 1944 Lambrick was appointed a Companion of the

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(CIE) and retired from the Indian Civil Service in 1946. In 1947 he became a historian and a Fellow of

where he served until 1971. In October 1948 he married Gabrielle Margaret Jennings (1913–1968), a principal civil servant in the Overseas Finance Section in the Treasury and the younger daughter of Herbert Henry Jennings, a hospital administrator and amateur art connoisseur and collector.Biography of Gabrielle Lambrick
Abingdon on Thames Town Council website The couple had two sons: Charles Trevor Lambrick (born 1949), a solicitor; and George Hugh Lambrick (born 1952), an archaeologist. At Oriel Lambrick was appointed Lecturer in Modern History and Treasurer in 1951 but relinquished the latter role in 1955 when he was appointed Spalding senior research fellow in Indian history at the college. In 1971 Lambrick retired from his post at Oriel and became an emeritus fellow. He was awarded a

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by the

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and became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. In 1978 he was awarded the Richard Burton memorial medal by the

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. Hugh Trevor Labrick died at the

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in August 1982.

Bibliography

His collected papers are held at the

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. Lambrick published seven books between 1952 and 1976 including a novel ''The Terrorist'' (1972), biographies of Sir

Charles James Napier General Sir Charles James Napier, ( ; 10 August 178229 August 1853) was an officer and veteran of the British Army's Peninsular and 1812 campaigns, and later a major general of the Bombay Army, during which period he led the British military co ...

(1952) and John Jacob of

Jacobabad Jacobabad, also known as Khanger, is a city in Sindh, Pakistan, serving as both the capital city of Jacobabad District and the administrative centre of Jacobabad Taluka, an administrative subdivision of the district. The city itself is subd ...

(1960; revised edition, 1975) and two volumes in the History of Sind series: ''Sind: A General Introduction'' (1964) and ''Sind Before the Muslim Conquest'' (1973). He wrote numerous articles for historical and archaeological journals. His last publication was a chapter on 'The Hill Country of Sind and its People' in ''Sind Through The Centuries'' (ed. Hamida Khuro, 1982).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lambrick, Hugh Trevor 1904 births 1982 deaths 20th-century British archaeologists Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford Fellows of Oriel College, Oxford Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire People from South Derbyshire District Indian Civil Service (British India) officers Mohenjo-daro Harappa People educated at Rossall School