Kit Lambert
| Kit Lambert | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Christopher Sebastian Lambert |
| Also known as | Baron Lamberti Baroni Lamberti |
| Born |
11 May 1935 Knightsbridge, London, England |
| Died | 7 April 1981 (aged 45) Middlesex, England |
| Occupation(s) | Talent manager Record producer Record label owner |
| Years active | 1964–1976 manager 1967-1978 label owner |
| Labels | Track Record |
| Associated acts |
The Who Pete Townshend Roger Daltrey John Entwistle The Jimi Hendrix Experience Thunderclap Newman Crazy World of Arthur Brown John Lennon and Yoko Ono Labelle Golden Earring Marc Bolan John's Children The Parliaments Marsha Hunt The Merseys Eire Apparent Andy Ellison Fairport Convention The Heartbreakers Murray Roman Shakin' Stevens |
Christopher Sebastian "Kit" Lambert (11 May 1935 – 7 April 1981) was a British record producer, record label owner and the manager of The Who.
Kit Lambert was the son of the composer Constant Lambert and part time actress, Florence Kaye. He was the grandson of George Washington Lambert, a sculptor and painter who was an official war artist for the Australian government at Gallipoli during World War I. His godfather was his father's friend and fellow composer, William Walton. His godmother was Margot Fonteyn, the prima ballerina who danced for Constant's company, the Royal Ballet, and with whom Constant had an affair causing him to leave Lambert's mother. Home life was difficult for Lambert who was sent to live with his grandmother at a young age. When he was 16, his father whom he hero worshipped, died at the age of 45.
After studying history at Trinity College, Oxford, Lambert briefly served as an officer in the British Army; he was stationed in Hong Kong. After his service, in May 1961, he joined an expedition with two Oxford friends, Richard Mason and John Hemming, in an attempt to discover the source of the Iriri River in the Amazon. Lambert hoped to film the expedition as a documentary. On 3 September, Mason was killed by an uncontacted Amazon tribe known as the Panará while he was alone hunting for food. Lambert was initially arrested by Brazilian officials on suspicion of murdering his friend but, after a concerted campaign in Britain by the Daily Express newspaper, which had financed the expedition, he was released. After returning to the United Kingdom, Lambert became an assistant director on the films The Guns of Navarone, From Russia with Love and The L-Shaped Room which is where he met fellow AD, Chris Stamp brother of actor Terence Stamp.
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