George Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert
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George Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert PC |
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Lambert in 1921
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| Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for South Molton |
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In office 1891–1924 |
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| Preceded by | Newton Wallop |
| Succeeded by | Cedric Drewe |
| Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for South Molton |
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In office 1929–1945 |
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| Preceded by | Cedric Drewe |
| Succeeded by | George Lambert, 2nd Viscount Lambert |
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25 June 1866 South Tawton, Devon, England |
| Died | 17 February 1958 (aged 91) Spreyton, Devon, England |
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| Children | George Lambert, 2nd Viscount Lambert |
George Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert, PC (25 June 1866 – 17 February 1958) was a long-serving British Member of Parliament (MP).
Lambert was born in South Tawton in Devon, on 25 June 1866, the son of George Lambert Gorwyn and his wife, Grace Howard.
George Lambert Gorwyn (1818-1885), who is remembered today as a quarrelsome and much disliked man, had inherited farms in Spreyton and Drewsteignton. He dropped the surname Gorwyn in the 1870s, becoming known merely as George Lambert. His wife, Grace Howard, was the daughter of a farm labourer from South Tawton, who had been his housekeeper. They married in 1866.
Lambert was educated at Spreyton School and North Tawton Grammar School. He left school after his father's death in 1885, and commenced farming.
Lambert served as a County Councillor for Devonshire, 1889-1912, and as a County Alderman, 1912-1952.
He was first elected as Liberal MP for South Molton at a by-election in 1891. He was Civil Lord of the Admiralty, 1905-1915, "a post for which he had no obvious qualifications. 'A farmer sent to sea' was a jibe frequently heard in those days" (The Times). He lost his seat at the 1924 General Election to the Conservative Cedric Drewe, but regained it at the 1929 general election. Although he began his parliamentary career as a Liberal, in 1931 Lambert had become a National Liberal supporting the Conservative Party, following a long period criticising David Lloyd George and opposition to the Labour Party.
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