Cecil Lambert
| Sir Cecil Lambert | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 May 1864 |
| Died | 29 February 1928 (aged 63) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
|
| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy Royal Air Force
|
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held |
HMS Lapwing HMS Hibernia |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Admiral Sir Cecil Foley Lambert KCB (28 May 1864 – 29 February 1928) was a Royal Navy admiral during World War I.
Born the son of Sir Henry Edward Francis Lambert, 6th Baronet, and his wife, Eliza Catherine Hervey, Cecil Lambert joined the Royal Navy as a Naval Cadet in 1877.
Promoted to Commander on 31 December 1900, he was appointed in command of HMS Panther in early December 1901, but moved to the destroyer HMS Myrmidon the following month. After promotion to Captain in June 1905, he went on to command HMS Lapwing and HMS Hibernia.
He became commander of the destroyer flotillas in the First Fleet in July 1912 and Fourth Sea Lord and a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty in 1913 and continued to serve in that role into World War I.
In 1917 he was appointed Commodore, first class, in command of the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron in the Grand Fleet, with his flag in HMS Birmingham, being promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral in April 1917. In the same year he was awarded the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star (the second highest of eight classes associated with the Order), notice of the King's permission to accept and wear this honour being duly published in the London Gazette.
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