Herbert Richard Lambert, FRPS, (1882 – 7 March 1936)[1] was a British portrait photographer known for his portrayals of professional musicians and composers including Gustav Holst.

In 1923 he published Modern British Composers: Seventeen Portraits in collaboration with Sir Eugene Goossens,[2] and in 1926, he became managing director of the Elliott & Fry portrait studio.

[5] In addition to photography, Lambert was also an amateur maker of musical instruments, specialising in harpsichords and clavichords.

[6][7] Howells also introduced Lambert to Gerald Finzi,[8] whose 1936 Interlude for oboe & string quartet, Op.

[9] A Quaker, Lambert was imprisoned as a conscientious objector during the First World War.