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CAVAN I ii d. s.p.m., 29 Sep., and was bur. i Oct. 1772,0 at St. Michael's, Dublin, aged 54. EARLDOM [I.] ' VI. BARONY [I.] VII. 6 and 7. Richard (Lambart), Earl of Cavan, &'c. [I.], I St cousin and h. male, being .j_„2 ^* ^^'^ ^- °^ ^^^ Hon. Henry Lambart, by ' ■ Dorothea, da. of Thomas Higgison, of Por- tumna, co. Galway, which Henry was next br. to Richard the 4th Earl. He was Major Gen. 1772, Lieut. Gen. in the Army 1777, Col. of the 55th Foot, 1774-75, and Col. of the 15th Foot 1775 till his death. He took his seat in the House of Lords [I.], 14 Oct. 1773. He m., istly about I o Feb. 1 745/6, Sophia, yst. da. and coh. of (his father's br.) the Hon. Oliver Lambart, by Frances,() sometime mistress to John (Sheffield), Duke of Buckingham. She d. .f./).,and was bur. 18 May 1749, at Westm. Abbey, aged 32. M.I. He w., 2ndly, 13 Nov. 1762, at St. James's, Westm., Elizabeth, ist da. and coh. of William ("=) Davies, a Commissioner of the Navy. He d. 2, and was bur. 10 Nov. 1 778, at St. Patrick's, Dublin, aged 56, in the Earl of Cork's vault, but removed, 22 Dec. following, to one built for him. M.I. Will pr. Feb. 1779. His widow d. 27 Feb. 1811, at Clifton. Admon. Mar. 18 11. EARLDOM [I.] VII. BARONY [I.] VIII. 1778. 7 and 8. Richard Ford William (Lam- bart), Earl of Cavan, i^c. [I.], only s. and h. by 2nd wife, b. 10 Sep. 1763. Ent. the army 1779. He was granted, 20 Dec. 1780, a pension of ;^300 a year. He took his seat in the House of Lords [I.], 16 Feb. 1786. Major G&n. 1798. He commanded a division in Egypt, in 1800, under Sir Ralph Abercrombie. Col. of the 2nd Battn. 68th Foot 1801-02, 2nd West Indian regt. 1805-08, 77th Foot 1 808-11, 58th Foot 18 11-23, and of the 45th Foot 1823 till his death; Lieut. Gen. 1 805, becoming finally a Gen. in the Army. Knight of the Crescent in Turkey; Gov. of Calshot Castle, 1 8 13 till his death. He m., istly, 8 July 1782, at St. Marylebone, Midx., Honora Margaretta, yst. da. and coh. of Sir Henry Gould, a Justice of the Common Pleas, by Elizabeth, da. of the Rev. William Walker, Preb. of Wells. Sherf'. i Oct. 1813, in Clarges Str., Mayfair. He»2.,2ndly, 1 1 Aug. i8i4,atKensington,Lydia,2ndda.ofWilliamARNOLD,ofSlatwoods, Isle of Wight, by Martha, da. of John Delafield. He d. 1 1 Nov. 1 837,('*) (*) Elizabeth, his only child and h., m.., Mar. 1774, Sir Michael Cromie Kt., who wasrr. a Baronet, 25 June 1776. (^) See Col. Chester's interesting note to p. 379 of his Wettm. Abbey Registers. (<=) Not "George" as in Diet. Nat. Biog. V.G. (d) Not "1836" as in Diet. Nat. Biog. V.G.