- Cecil Lambert
Admiral Sir Cecil Foley Lambert KCB (28 May 1864 –29 February 1928 )cite web |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p24085.htm |title=Person Page - 24085 |accessdate=2008-02-21 |author= Darryl Lundy |date=2007-07-28 |work=thePeerage.com ] was aRoyal Navy admiral duringWorld War I who served asFourth Sea Lord and a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty.Lambert was born on
28 May 1864 , the son of Sir Henry Lambert, 6th Baronet and Eliza Catherine Hervey. In 1896 Cecil Lambert married Rosina Drake, the daughter of Francis Drake.In 1917, he was awarded the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd Class, which was duly published in the
London Gazette . [Order of the Rising Sun, conferred 1917 -- LondonGazette|issue=30363|supp=yes|startpage=11322|date=30 October 1917 |accessdate=2008-02-01]In 1919 Lambert was seconded to the newly established
Royal Air Force where he served as Director of Personnel. The following year he was appointed to theAir Council as an additional member. He relinquished his appointment on5 December 1921 and was placed on the Retired List.References
External links
* [http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Lambert.htm Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Admiral Sir Cecil Lambert]
* [http://www.admirals.org.uk/admirals/individual.php?RecNo=457 Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904-1945 - Rear-Admiral Sir Cecil Foley Lambert]-
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