Charles Gordon Lambert (9 April 1919 – 27 January 2005) was an Irish businessman, senator, and art collector.
[3] Lambert played field hockey for Three Rock Rovers, and won trophies in badminton and golf.
[2][4] In 1988, he met with Taoiseach Charles Haughey and "told him if the State would establish a gallery he would donate his collection.
[6] Lambert commissioned five portraits of himself: by Robert Ballagh (1972), Clifford Rainey (1975), Adrian Hall (1979), Pat Harris (1980) and Brian Maguire (1982); they are kept at IMMA.
[6] An archive containing papers relating to Lambert are among the Special Collections of National Irish Visual Arts Library.