Oliver Lambart, 1st Lord Lambart, Baron of Cavan

Earl of Cavan

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...

(died June 1618) was a military commander and an MP

Cavan Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Cavan Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800.Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.-Boundaries and Boundary Changes:...

 in the Irish House of Commons

Irish House of Commons

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. He was Governor of Connaught

Connacht

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 in 1601. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (Ireland)

Privy Council of Ireland

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 in 1603. He is buried in Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey

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Military

Anglo–Spanish War (1585–1604): On 20 June 1596, Essex

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG was an English nobleman and a favourite of Elizabeth I. Politically ambitious, and a committed general, he was placed under house arrest following a poor campaign in Ireland during the Nine Years' War in 1599...

 and Effingham sacked the harbour of Cádiz

Cádiz

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. The Spanish scuttled their Indies fleet including a cargo of 12 million ducat

Ducat

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s. The force occupied the city until 5 July. Lambart was knighted for his part in the looting.

During the Nine Years' War

Nine Years' War (Ireland)

The Nine Years' War or Tyrone's Rebellion took place in Ireland from 1594 to 1603. It was fought between the forces of Gaelic Irish chieftains Hugh O'Neill of Tír Eoghain, Hugh Roe O'Donnell of Tír Chonaill and their allies, against English rule in Ireland. The war was fought in all parts of the...

 (1594–1603) Lambart served in Essex's Irish campaign

Essex in Ireland

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 of 1599. He commanded the 200 Foot at Enniscorthy

Enniscorthy

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, County Wexford

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On 6 January 1615, he retook Dunyvaig Castle

Dunyvaig Castle

Dunyvaig Castle, is located on the south side of Islay, on the shore of Lagavulin Bay, from Port Ellen. The castle was once a naval base of the Lord of the Isles, chiefs of Clan Donald. It was held by the chiefs of the Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg....

, Islay

Islay

-Prehistory:The earliest settlers on Islay were nomadic hunter-gatherers who arrived during the Mesolithic period after the retreat of the Pleistocene ice caps. In 1993 a flint arrowhead was found in a field near Bridgend dating from 10,800 BC, the earliest evidence of a human presence found so far...

, with the assistance of Sir John Campbell of Calder.

Politics

He was High Sheriff of Cavan

High Sheriff of Cavan

The High Sheriff of Cavan was the British Crown’s judicial representative in County Cavan, Ireland from the 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Cavan County Sheriff. The sheriff had judicial, electoral, ceremonial and...

 in 1613 and in the same year was elected one of two MPs for Cavan Borough

Cavan Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Cavan Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800.Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.-Boundaries and Boundary Changes:...

 from 1613 to 1615. He was created 1st Lord Lambert, Baron of Cavan, County Cavan

Cavan

Cavan is the county town of County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland. The town lies in the north central part of Ireland, near the border with Northern Ireland...

shortly before his death.