Richard Cornthwaite Lambert

Richard Cornthwaite Lambert (5 May 1868 – 5 November 1939)[1] was a British barrister and Liberal Party politician The son of the Reverend Richard U Lambert, vicar of Christ Church, Bradford on Avon, Somerset and his wife Agnes née Stanton, he was educated at Shrewsbury School and Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating with honours in history.

[2] He travelled widely in Europe and the Middle East before being called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1892.

[4] In 1907 he attempted to win a London County Council seat at West Islington for the Liberal-backed Progressive Party but was unsuccessful.

He joined the Union of Democratic Control, a group of Liberal and Labour MPs who opposed military influence in government.

[6] The Cricklade constituency was abolished at the 1918 general election, and Lambert did not stand for Parliament again.