Cecil Foley Lambert
Admiral SIR Cecil Foley Lambert, K.C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (28 May, 1864 – 30 April, 1928) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Early Life & Career
At the examination for Naval Cadetships, Lambert placed twenty-first out of the successful batch of forty-six.[1]
Lambert entered the training ship Britannia on 15 July, 1877.
Captain
He was appointed to Sapphire II as Captain (D) on 30 June, 1905.[2]
Lambert was appointed to H.M.S. Hibernia in command on 2 January, 1907.
Lionel Dawson, in 1910 a destroyer officer seeking a destroyer command at Portsmouth, later left an account of Lambert when he was Naval Assistant to the Second Sea Lord:
Known to the Service as "Black" Lambert, he was not exactly the sort of officer who would be expected to regard my tale of personal inconvenience with any real sympathy. But he listened very patiently. I, of course, emphasized the point that I well appreciated my good fortune in getting any command at all.
"Well," he replied, "I'll do what I can, Mr. Dawson, but you make it a little difficult for me by laying down these geographical limitations!"[3]
On 25 March, 1911, Lambert was appointed Naval Assistant to the Second Sea Lord.[4]
Lambert was appointed to succeed Hayes-Sadler on 24 February.[5]
Lambert was promoted to Admiral on the Retired List on 1 March, 1926.
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval Cadetships" (News). The Times. Saturday, 30 June, 1877. Issue 28982, col A, pg. 14.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 6 July, 1905. Issue 37752, col D, pg. 9.
- ↑ Dawson. Flotillas. p. 86.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 13 March, 1911. Issue 39531, col E, pg. 4.
- ↑ Newbolt. Naval Operations. V. p. 298.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir C. F. Lambert" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 1 March, 1928. Issue 44830, col C, pg. 16.
- Newbolt, Henry (1931). Naval Operations. Vol. V. London: Longmans, Green and Co..
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/20.
- 1864 births
- 1928 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1877
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Hibernia (1905)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Argyll (1904)
- Naval Assistants to the Second Sea Lord
- Commodores (T), First Fleet (Royal Navy)
- Fourth Sea Lords
- Commodores of the First Class Commanding, Second Light Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)
- Rear-Admirals Commanding, Ægean Squadron (Royal Navy)
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
