Sir George Lambert | |
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Born | 1796 |
Died | 5 June 1869 |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/branch | Royal Navy |
Years of service | 1809 - 1864 |
Rank | Admiral |
Commands held | HMS Alligator HMS Endymion HMS Imaum HMS Fox Nore Command |
Battles/wars | Second Anglo-Burmese War |
Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |
Admiral Sir George Robert Lambert GCB (1796 - 5 June 1869) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.
Lambert joined the Royal Navy in 1809.[1] Promoted to Captain in 1825, he commanded HMS Alligator, HMS Endymion, HMS Imaum and then HMS Fox.[1] In 1852, in HMS Fox, he was dispatched to Burma to deal with some infringements of the Treaty of Yandabo. Lambert, described by Lord Dalhousie, Governor-General of India, in a private letter as the "combustible commodore",[2] eventually provoked a naval confrontation in extremely questionable circumstances by blockading the port of Rangoon and thus started the Second Anglo-Burmese War which ended in the British annexing the province of Pegu and renaming it Lower Burma.[3]
He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1863 and retired in 1864.[1]
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Preceded by Sir William Hope-Johnstone |
Commander-in-Chief, The Nore 1863–1864 |
Succeeded by Sir Charles Talbot |