Oliver Lambart, 1st Baron Lambart
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Oliver Lambart, 1st Lord Lambart, Baron of Cavan (died June 1618) was a military commander and an MP in the Irish House of Commons. He was Governor of Connaught in 1601. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (Ireland) in 1603. He is buried in Westminster Abbey
Biography
Military
Anglo–Spanish War (1585–1604): On 20 June 1596, Essex and Effingham sacked the harbour of Cádiz. The Spanish scuttled their Indies fleet including a cargo of 12 million ducats. The force occupied the city until 5 July. Lambart was knighted for his part in the looting.
During the Nine Years' War (1594–1603) Lambart served in Essex's Irish campaign of 1599. He commanded the 200 Foot at Enniscorthy, County Wexford.
On 6 January 1615, he retook Dunyvaig Castle, Islay, with the assistance of Sir John Campbell of Calder.
Politics
He was High Sheriff of Cavan in 1613 and in the same year was elected one of two MPs for Cavan Borough from 1613 to 1615. He was created 1st Lord Lambert, Baron of Cavan, County Cavan shortly before his death.
Family
References
Categories:
- 1618 deaths
- Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
- Barons in the Peerage of Ireland
- Members of the Privy Council of Ireland
- Burials at Westminster Abbey
- British military personnel of the Nine Years' War
- 16th-century Irish people
- 17th-century Irish people
- High Sheriffs of Cavan
- Irish politician stubs
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