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General => Armed Forces => Topic started by: Colchester on Thursday 17 May 18 17:06 BST (UK)
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I'm working back a friend's family and find, in the 1851 census, that the head of the family was a widow of 'a Commander in the Royal Navy'. Three unmarried daughters, first 1817 Chelsea, second 1823 Malton, Yorks,; third 1824 (probably 1819). Information given to me that he was John Lambert.
I've tried National archive search but nothing fits. Any suggestions would be most welcome!
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The ever reliable (?) wiki has a possible:
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Royal_Naval_Biography/Lambert,_John
What was the widow's name?
Philip
ADDED - there is a Rootschat thread which might tie in to your Lambert?
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=540858.45
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Thanks Philip,
Mother's maiden name was 'Leigh'.1851 census attached ::)
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Found his will. PCC, proved 20 February 1828. "John Lambert of Harlsey (?) Cottage in the parish of Rillington in the county of York a Captain in his Majesty's Navy". Wife Mary Ann.
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Probable death in 1827. John Lambert, Ebury Street, London aged 53, buried at St George Hanover Square, 27 October 1827. The address ties in with an 1828 entry in the Death Duty Index for John Lambert, executrix Mary Ann Lambert. PCC 117
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Thanks Shaun. That looks right but does that mean the biography that Philip posted is the wrong man? It seems such a coincidence, especially as he married a 'Miss Leigh'. The second marriage in 1822 doesn't seem to fit as Jane and Lucy Leigh were born after that date.
Colin
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There is a 29 May 1822 marriage of a Katherine Cobb at Hawkhurst in Kent but it is to a George Robert Lambert, not John Lambert. Someone got their notes mixed up, I think.
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Thanks again! R.N. officers list shows George Robert Lambert, Lieutenant, 5 May 1815. There is a John Lambert, Lieutenant, 11 Feb 1796 then Commander, 1814. It's starting to come together!
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John Lambert and Mary Ann Leigh were married whilst both were in captivity in Verdun. I wonder if a French record of the marriage has survived.
This is from The Naval Chronicle: Volume 23, January-July 1810
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National Archives has a list of prisoners of war released by the French in 1814, in ADM 103/480 (also available on FindMyPast). It includes this family:
John Lambert Lieutenant
Mary Ann Leigh sa femme
David Lambert enfant
William Lambert enfant
Mary Lambert enfant
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Looks like there was a court case in 1829 over the distribution of the estate:
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9332928
https://goo.gl/jspzK5
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Thanks yet again! Things I wouldn't find. This was just a twig on a small branch but it's becoming so interesting!
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David's marriage in 1832
The widowed Elizabeth remarried in October 1841 to Thomas Wilson so David must have died before then.
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Just looking into the Malton connection: there is a baptism for John Lambert at Malton on 23 September 1775, son of David Lambert, attorney.
The solicitor David Lambert died at Malton on 15 February 1833 aged 91 ("the last of the family of the Lamberts resident at Malton" per the Yorkshire Gazette, 23 February 1833).
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The plot thickens! David Lambert, Attorney, appears in many of the UK directories. Confirmed practicing in Market Place, Malton. There are numerous records on the Apprentices' indentures registers but interesting is that 1787 Articles of Clerkship, entry 101...
David Lambert younger of New Malton in the County of York - David Lambert the elder of New Malton aforesaid.
Perhaps a brother but that's something that I can follow as and when.
John Lambert is my focus! Marries in Verdun, has three children, returns to England 1814 as a Lieutenant. Promoted on return? then appears on muster for Lake Huron Q4 1816.
This really is a history lesson ::)