The Lambert Baronetcy, of London, is a title in the

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. 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

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and was created a Baronet for supplying the

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with loans. The seventh Baronet, who served as high sheriff of

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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)

Sir John Lambert, 1st Baronet Sir John Lambert, 1st Baronet (1666 – 4 February 1723) of London, was a French-born English merchant. He was the eldest son of Jean Lambert (d. 1702), a merchant of Saint-Martin-de-Ré, Île de Ré, France, by Marie Le Fevre. A Protestant, he w ...

(1666–1723) * Sir John Lambert, 2nd Baronet (1690–1772) * Sir John Lambert, 3rd Baronet (1728–1799) * Sir Henry Lambert, 4th Baronet (c. 1756–1803) *

Sir Henry John Lambert, 5th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part o ...

(1792–1858) * Sir Henry Edward Francis Lambert, 6th Baronet (1822–1872) * Sir Henry Foley Grey, 7th Baronet (1861–1914) * Sir John Foley Grey, 8th Baronet (1893–1938) *

Sir Greville Foley Lambert, 9th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part o ...

(1900–1988) *

Sir John Hugh Lambert, 10th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part o ...

(c. 1908–1979) *

Sir Peter John Biddulph Lambert, 11th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part o ...

(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. *{{Rayment-bt, date=March 2012 • pers.comm. P. Lambert (2010, 2017) Lambert 1711 establishments in Great Britain