William Lambton (British Army officer)

Sir William Lambton
Born 4 December 1863
Died 11 October 1936
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1884 - 1920
Rank Major-General
Commands held 1st Bn Coldstream Guards
4th Division
Battles/wars Mahdist War
Second Boer War
World War I
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath

Major-General The Hon. Sir William Lambton KCB CMG CVO DSO (4 December 1863 – 11 October 1936) was a British Army officer who commanded 4th Division during World War I.

Military career

Born the son of George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham[1] and educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College Sandhurst,[2] Lambton was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1884.[3] He became Aide-de-camp to Governor General of Ireland in 1895 and then served with the Egyptian Army.[3] He took part in the Nile expedition of 1898 and fought at the Battle of Atbara and the Battle of Omdurman.[3] He also served as Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief of the Transvaal during the Second Boer War.[1] He was appointed Commanding Officer of 1st Bn Coldstream Guards in 1912, Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General for London District in 1913 and Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force at the beginning of World War I before becoming General Officer Commanding 4th Division in 1915.[3] He retired in 1920.[3]

Family

In 1921 he married Lady Katherine de Vere Somerset, née Beauclerk, daughter of William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans; they had no children.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c The Peerage.com
  2. ^ The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland by Edward Walford, (Volume ed.59, yr.1919)
  3. ^ a b c d e Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
Military offices
Preceded by
Henry Wilson		 General Officer Commanding the 4th Division
1915–1917		 Succeeded by
Torquhil Matheson