Ralph Lambert (1667–1731)[1] was an Irish Anglican priest[2] in the first half of the 18th century.[3]

Life

He was the son of George Lambert, and was born in County Louth.[4]

Lambert was a contemporary of Jonathan Swift at Trinity College, Dublin.[5] He became Swift's rival, and took the post of chaplain to Thomas Wharton, 1st Earl of Wharton, when Wharton became Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in 1709.[6] He was Dean of Down from 1709 until 1717;[7] Bishop of Dromore from 1717 until 1727;[7] and Bishop of Meath from 1726 until 1731.[7] He was one of a group of Low Church, reforming clergy around William King, that included also Theophilus Bolton, John Stearne, and Edward Synge.[8]

Works

Family

Aedicule in memory to his wife Susanna who died in 1707, located in St. Nicholas's' Church, Dundalk

Lambert married twice. His first wife Susanna died in 1707;[16][17] she was the daughter of Smythe Kelly. In 1716 he married Elizabeth Rowley of Clonmethan.[18][4] His daughter Elizabeth married Arthur Dillon and was mother of Sir John Talbot Dillon, 1st Baronet.[19] Another daughter married William Smyth, Dean of Ardfert, eldest son of Thomas Smyth.[20]

References

  1. ^ “A New History of Ireland Vol XI: Maps, Genealogies, Lists” by Theodore William Moody, F. X. Martin, Francis John Byrne, Art Cosgrove: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  2. ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 348–350. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  3. ^ NLI Sources
  4. ^ a b Leslie, James B. (1911). "Armagh clergy and parishes: being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Armagh, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, &c". Internet Archive. Dundalk: W. Tempest. p. 281. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  5. ^ David Oakleaf (6 October 2015). A Political Biography of Jonathan Swift. Routledge. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-317-31552-0.
  6. ^ Susan M. Fitzmaurice (1 January 2002). The Familiar Letter in Early Modern English: A Pragmatic Approach. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 170 note 19. ISBN 90-272-5115-0.
  7. ^ a b c Cotton, Henry (1849). Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates and ..., Volume 3 By Henry Cotton. pp. 122, 195, 283. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  8. ^ D. Hayton; J. Kelly; J. Bergin (13 May 2010). The Eighteenth-Century Composite State: Representative Institutions in Ireland and Europe, 1689-1800. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-230-27496-9.
  9. ^ Ralph Lambert (1703). A Sermon, Preach'd Nov. the 12th. 1702: Being the Day, Appointed for a Publick Thanksgiving to Almighty God: ... in the Parish-church of St. Giles's in the Fields. By Ralph Lambert, ... William Lucas, and sold.
  10. ^ James Kennedy; W. A. Smith; A. F. Johnson. Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature, revised edition 1971. Vol. I. Ardent Media. p. 94. GGKEY:RDA0BW9NEK5.
  11. ^ Samuel Halkett; James Kennedy; John Laing (1926). Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature. Ardent Media. p. 226. GGKEY:0HXUCXC4634.
  12. ^ Ralph Lambert (1705). A friendly admonition to the Roman Catholicks of Ireland, sermons.
  13. ^ Corporation of London. Library (1859). A Catalogue of the Library of the Corporation of London: Instituted in the Year 1824. p. 179.
  14. ^ Marianne Elliott (24 September 2009). When God Took Sides: Religion and Identity in Ireland – Unfinished History. OUP Oxford. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-19-166426-7.
  15. ^ Henry Cotton (1860). Fasti Ecclesiæ Hibernicæ: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies in Ireland. Hodges and Smith. p. 238.
  16. ^ Garstin, John R. (1907). "The Lambert Tablet". Journal of the Society for the Preservation of Memorials of the Dead. 7 (2, part I): 145–147.
  17. ^ Ross, Noel (2004). "Memorial Inscriptions in St. Nicholas' Parish Church, Dundalk". Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society. 25 (4): 476–483. JSTOR 27729951.
  18. ^ Sir Bernard Burke (1852). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland for 1852. Colburn and Company. p. 1256.
  19. ^ Arthur Collins (1806). The Baronetage of England: Containing a New Genealogical History of the Existing English Baronets with Their Armorial Hearings Corrected Engraved. John stockdale. p. 495.
  20. ^ John Debrett (1820). Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. p. 1178.


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