Sir John Henry Lambert, KCVO , CMG (8 January 1921 – 6 July 2015) was a British diplomat. From 1977 to 1981 he was the United Kingdom's ambassador to Tunisia. [1] [2]
Lambert was born on 8 January 1921 to Ronald Lambert, MC and Hazel Mary Lambert (née Cox). [1] He was educated at Eton College, an all-boys public school near Windsor, Berkshire. He spent one year studying at Trinity College, Cambridge, before being called up for military service in 1940. [2]
In 1940, Lambert was called up for military service. [2]
On 18 September 1977, he was appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Tunisian Republic. [3]
He was appointed CMG in the 1975 New Year Honours, and on 23 October 1980 Lambert was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO). [4] He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II aboard HMY Britannia at the end of her state visit to Tunisia in October 1980. [2] In 1980, he was appointed Grand Officer of the Order of the Tunisian Republic. [5]
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