Field Marshal Frederick Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan,, known as Viscount Kilcoursie from 1887 until 1900, was a British Army officer and Chief of the Imperial General Staff. He served in the Second Boer War, led XIV Corps during the First World War, and later advised the Government on the implementation of the Geddes report, which advocated a large reduction in defence expenditure; he presided over a major reduction in the size of the British Army.
Earl of Cavan is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1647 for Charles Lambart, 2nd Baron Lambart. He was made Viscount Kilcoursie, in the King's County, at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland. Lord Cavan was the son of Oliver Lambart, who had been elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Lord Lambart, Baron of Cavan in the County of Cavan, in 1618.
Henry Lyle Mulholland, 2nd Baron Dunleath, was an Irish Conservative Member of Parliament.
Oliver Lambart, 1st Lord Lambart, Baron of Cavan was a military commander and an MP in the Irish House of Commons. He was Governor of Connaught in 1601. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (Ireland) in 1603. He was also an English MP, for Southampton 1597. He is buried in Westminster Abbey.
Richard Ford William Lambart, 7th Earl of Cavan, styled Viscount Kilcoursie from 1772 to 1778, was a British military commander throughout the Napoleonic era and beyond.
Michael Edward Oliver Lambart, 12th Earl of Cavan was a hereditary peer. He succeeded his father in 1950.
Roger Cavan Lambart, 13th Earl of Cavan, is an hereditary peer.
Richard Lambart, 2nd Earl of the County of Cavan (1628–1690) was Member of Parliament for Kilbeggan between 1647 and 1649.
Frederick Edward Gould Lambart, 9th Earl of Cavan KP, PC, DL, JP styled Viscount Kilcoursie until 1887, was an Irish soldier and Liberal politician. He served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in 1886 in William Ewart Gladstone's third administration.
Ford Lambart, 5th Earl of Cavan (1718–1772) was an Irish peer and freemason.
Theobald Taaffe, 1st Earl of Carlingford, known as 2nd Viscount Taaffe, of Corren and 2nd Baron of Ballymote between 1642 and 1661, was an Irish Royalist officer who played a prominent part in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Following the outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641, the Catholic Taaffe remained loyal to the authorities in Dublin. He later joined the Irish Confederates, and was awarded command of the Munster Army. Taaffe was a supporter of the moderate faction, and strongly supported an alliance between the Confederates and Irish Royalists. After the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Taaffe accompanied Charles II in exile. Following the Restoration, he was created 1st Earl of Carlingford.
Frederick John William Lambart, 8th Earl of the County of Cavan was born on 30 December 1815 at his parents' home of Ower Cottage, Fawley, Hampshire, England. He was the son of George Frederick Augustus Lambart, Viscount Kilcoursie and Sarah Coppin.
William FitzMaurice, 2nd Earl of Kerry PC (Ire) was an Irish peer and an officer in the British Army.
Charles Lambart, 3rd Earl of Cavan was an Irish peer.
Lieutenant-General Richard Lambart, 6th Earl of Cavan was an Anglo-Irish peer and soldier.
Richard Lambart may refer to:
Lambart is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Francis Thomas-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Earl of Kerry was an Irish peer. He was the heir to a great inheritance, but his extravagance led to the loss of all his Irish estates.
Charles Lambart, 1st Earl of Cavan was an Anglo-Irish Royalist soldier and peer.
