Background
Born the son of George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham and educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College Sandhurst, Lambton was commissioned a lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards in February 1884.
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William LAMBTON
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Education
Eton College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Career
Major-General The Honorary He was promoted captain on 18 May 1892, and became Aide-de-camp to the Governor General of Ireland in 1895, before he served with the Egyptian Army. He took part in the Nile expedition of 1898 and fought at the Battle of Atbara and the Battle of Omdurman, and was promoted to major on 29 September 1898.
He served as Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief of the Transvaal in the early part of the Second Boer War, and was Military Secretary to Lord Milner, High-Commissioner for Souther Africa, from December 1900, with the local rank of lieutenant-colonel.
He was appointed Commanding Officer of 1st Bn Coldstream Guards in 1912, Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General for London District in 1913 and Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force at the beginning of the European War before becoming General Officer Commanding 4th Division in 1915. He retired in 1920.
Membership
Clubs: Guards’, Turf.
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Nationality
United Kingdom