George Lambert (Royal Navy officer)

Sir George Lambert
Born 1796
Died 5 June 1869
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service 1809–1864
Rank Admiral
Commands held HMS Alligator
HMS Endymion
HMS Imaum
HMS Fox
Nore Command
Battles/wars Second Anglo-Burmese War
Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir George Robert Lambert GCB (1796 – 5 June 1869) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.

Born the son of Captain Robert Lambert RN,[1] Lambert joined the Royal Navy in 1809.[2] Promoted to Captain in 1825, he commanded HMS Alligator, HMS Endymion, HMS Imaum and then HMS Fox.[2] In 1852, in HMS Fox, he was dispatched to Burma to deal with some infringements of the Treaty of Yandabo. Lambert, described by Lord Dalhousie, Governor-General of India, in a private letter as the "combustible commodore",[3] eventually provoked a naval confrontation in extremely questionable circumstances by blockading the port of Rangoon and thus started the Second Anglo-Burmese War which ended in the British annexing the province of Pegu and renaming it Lower Burma.[4]

He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1863 and retired in 1864.[2]

See also

References

  1. Biographies of British generals
  2. 1 2 3 William Loney RN
  3. D.G.E. Hall (1960). Burma (PDF). Hutchinson University Library. pp. 109–113. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-05-19.
  4. Southeast Asia: a historical encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor, Volume 1 By Keat Gin Ooi, p. 736
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir William Hope-Johnstone
Commander-in-Chief, The Nore
18631864
Succeeded by
Sir Charles Talbot
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