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Rowley Lambert

Rowley Lambert

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Vice Admiral Rowley Lambert, CB (23 April 1828 – 22 July 1880) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy.

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Memorial in St Nicholas' Church, Thames Ditton

Born the son of Admiral Sir George Lambert, Rowley was appointed a lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1848.[1] He served in the Black Sea during the Crimean war.[1] Promoted to captain in 1855, he was given command of HMS Scylla

The arrival of the newly exiled Otho, ex-King of Greece, at Venice, 29 October, 1862, in the Scylla, Captain Rowley Lambert. Edward William Cooke

and then HMS Liverpool.[1] He was the Commander-in-Chief, Australia Station, between 28 May 1867 until 8 April 1870.[2] He died in London on 22 July 1880.[1]

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    William Loney RN
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    Bastock, p. 25.
  • Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
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