Horace Lambart, 11th Earl of Cavan

The Venerable Horace Edward Samuel Sneade Lambart, 11th Earl of Cavan (25 August 1878 – 9 December 1950) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Anglican priest.

The title Earl of Cavan was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1647 for Charles Lambart, 2nd Baron Lambart. Horace Lambart was heir to the title when the Irish Free State was created in 1922. Roger Lambart, 13th Earl of Cavan, is the present holder of the title. There is no heir.

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Military service

Lambart graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford. He served in both the Boer War and the First World War. He was promoted to Lieutenant in the service of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry.

Marriage

On 9 July 1907, he married Audrey Kathleen Loder (died 8 April 1942); they had three children.

Religious life

He was the Vicar of Holy Trinity, Leaton, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England (1908 to 1913), of Market Drayton, Shropshire, England (1913 to 1918) and of St Mary the Virgin, Shrewsbury, from 1918 to 1925. He held the office of Archdeacon of Shropshire in 1916.

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References

Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
Frederick Lambart
Earl of Cavan
1946-1950
Succeeded by
Michael Lambart