Earl of Cavan
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Peerage of Ireland
The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those titles of nobility created by the English and later British monarchs of Ireland in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl,...
. It was created in 1647 for Charles Lambart, 2nd Baron Lambart
Charles Lambart, 1st Earl of Cavan
Charles Lambart, 1st Earl of Cavan PC was an MP for the rotten borough of Bossiney and a military commander.-Politics:He held the office of Member of Parliament for Bossiney in 1626....
. 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
Oliver Lambart, 1st Baron Lambart
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 in 1603. He is buried in Westminster Abbey...
, who had been elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Lord Lambart, Baron of Cavan in the County of Cavan, in 1618).
The 7th Earl of Cavan was a general during the Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars
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, he was succeeded by his grandson the 8th Earl. The 10th Earl was an army commander during the First World War and later a British Field Marshal and Chief of the Imperial General Staff
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. As he died without male issue, he was succeeded by his youngest brother the 11th Earl. When the 12th Earl died, the title passed to Roger Cavan Lambart, a descendant of the 7th Earl.
Barons Lambart (1618)
- Oliver Lambart, 1st Baron LambartOliver Lambart, 1st Baron LambartOliver 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 in 1603. He is buried in Westminster Abbey...
(d. 1618) - Charles Lambart, 2nd Baron LambartCharles Lambart, 1st Earl of CavanCharles Lambart, 1st Earl of Cavan PC was an MP for the rotten borough of Bossiney and a military commander.-Politics:He held the office of Member of Parliament for Bossiney in 1626....
(created Earl of Cavan in 1647)
Earls of Cavan (1647)
- Charles Lambart, 1st Earl of CavanCharles Lambart, 1st Earl of CavanCharles Lambart, 1st Earl of Cavan PC was an MP for the rotten borough of Bossiney and a military commander.-Politics:He held the office of Member of Parliament for Bossiney in 1626....
(1600–1660) - Richard Lambart, 2nd Earl of CavanRichard Lambart, 2nd Earl of CavanRichard Lambart, 2nd Earl of the County of Cavan was Member of Parliament for Kilbeggan between 1647 and 1649.The title Earl of Cavan was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1647 for Charles Lambart, 2nd Baron Lambart....
(d. 1690) - Charles Lambart, 3rd Earl of CavanCharles Lambart, 3rd Earl of CavanCharles Lambart, 3rd Earl of Cavan . He inherited the Earldom of Cavan in 1690 from Richard Lambart, 2nd Earl of Cavan.-References:*http://thepeerage.com/p20976.htm#i209759...
(1649–1702)- Charles Lambart, Lord Lambart (d. c. 1689)
- Richard Lambart, 4th Earl of CavanRichard Lambart, 4th Earl of CavanRichard Lambart, 4th Earl of Cavan PC . He inherited the Earldom of Cavan in 1702 from Charles Lambart, 3rd Earl of Cavan. He married Margaret Trant, the daughter of the Governor of Barbados, and had four children, including Ford Lambart, 5th Earl of Cavan.-References:...
(d. 1742)- Gilbert Lambart, Lord Lambart (d. before 1742)
- Ford Lambart, 5th Earl of CavanFord Lambart, 5th Earl of CavanFord Lambart, 5th Earl of Cavan was an Irish peer and freemason.He was born in 1718 in Maryborough. Lambart was elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ireland in 1767, a post he held for the next two years....
(1718–1772) - Richard Lambart, 6th Earl of CavanRichard Lambart, 6th Earl of CavanLieutenant-General Richard Lambart, 6th Earl of Cavan was an Anglo-Irish peer and soldier.He succeeded Ford Lambart, 5th Earl of Cavan to the earldom and was succeeded by Richard Lambart, 7th Earl of Cavan.-References:...
(d. 1778) - Richard Ford William Lambart, 7th Earl of CavanRichard Lambart, 7th Earl of CavanGeneral Richard Ford William Lambart, 7th Earl of Cavan , styled Viscount Kilcoursie from 1772 to 1778, was a military commander throughout the Napoleonic era and beyond. He was colonial head of Egypt...
(1763–1837)- Richard Henry Robert Gilbert Lambart, Viscount Kilcoursie (1783–1785)
- Richard Henry Lambart, Viscount Kilcoursie (1788–1788)
- George Frederick Augustus Lambart, Viscount Kilcoursie (1789–1828)
- Frederick John William Lambart, 8th Earl of CavanFrederick Lambart, 8th Earl of CavanFrederick John William Lambart, 8th Earl of the County of Cavan was born on 30 December 1815 at his parent's home of Ower Cottage, Fawley, Hampshire, England...
(1815–1887) - Frederick Edward Gould Lambart, 9th Earl of CavanFrederick Lambart, 9th Earl of CavanFrederick Edward Gould Lambart, 9th Earl of Cavan KP, PC, DL, JP styled Viscount Kilcoursie until 1887, was an Irish soldier and Liberal politician...
(1839–1900) - Frederick Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of CavanFrederick Lambart, 10th Earl of CavanField Marshal Frederick Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan, KP, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE was a British Army officer and Chief of the Imperial General Staff.-Army career:...
(1865–1946) (Representative peerRepresentative peerIn the United Kingdom, representative peers were those peers elected by the members of the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland to sit in the British House of Lords...
from 1915) - Horace Edward Samuel Lambart, 11th Earl of CavanHorace Lambart, 11th Earl of CavanThe Venerable Horace Edward Samuel Sneade Lambart, 11th Earl of Cavan was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Anglican priest....
(1878–1950) - Michael Edward Oliver Lambart, 12th Earl of CavanMichael Lambart, 12th Earl of CavanMichael Edward Oliver Lambart, 12th Earl of Cavan was an hereditary peer. He was heir presumptive to the title Earl of Cavan when the Irish Free State was created in 1922 and inherited it upon his father's death. When he died, the title passed to Roger Cavan Lambart, a descendant of the 7th...
(1911–1988) - Roger Cavan Lambart, 13th Earl of CavanRoger Lambart, 13th Earl of CavanRoger Cavan Lambart, 13th Earl of Cavan is an hereditary peer.He was educated at Wilson's School, Surrey, St Clare's International School and at King's College London....
(b. 1944)
There is no heir to the titles.