Education
Anthony Edward Lambert was educated at Harrow School and went with a scholarship to Balliol College, Oxford.
Anthony Edward Lambert was educated at Harrow School and went with a scholarship to Balliol College, Oxford.
Sir Anthony was described by The Telegraph as He joined the Foreign Office in 1934 and served first in Brussels, then during World World War II in Ankara (where his ambassador Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen was spied on by his Albanian valet Elyesa Bazna, codenamed Cicero by the Germans), then Beirut where he was involved in General Sir Louis Spears" campaign to counter French influence, then after the Allied invasion of Europe in 1944 he was posted to Brussels again and later to Stockholm and to Athens where during travels around the country he compiled a checklist of the birds of Greece which became a standard work of reference. Lambert was Ambassador to Tunisia 1960-1963, to Finland 1963-1966 and to Portugal 1966-1970. Lambert retired from the Diplomatic Service in 1970 and became director of a textile company, Crosrol Limited.
In retirement he also edited a new edition of John Betjeman"s Guide to English Parish Churches.