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Rh  Captain Lambert continued to command the Suffolk till June, 1798, when ill health compelled him to return to England. His next appointment was to the Saturn, J4, in which ship he accompanied the expedition sent to the Baltic under Sir Hyde Parker, in 1801. On his return from that station, he joined the Alcmene frigate, and was employed during the remainder of the war in affording protection to the Halifax, Newfoundland, and Lisbon trade.

Early in 1812, Captain Lambert was appointed to the Duncan, of 74 guns, from which ship he removed into the Royal Sovereign, a first-rate, on the Mediterranean station, where he remained until the termination of hostilities. His advancement to the rank of Rear-Admiral took place Aug. 12, 1819.

Our officer soon after hoisted his flag in the Vigo, of 74 guns, as Commander-in-Chief of the squadron employed at St. Helena for the secure detention of General Buonaparte. He returned from that station Jan. 1, 1822, and struck his flagon the 3d of the same month.

Rear-Admiral Lambert has three brothers now in his Majesty’s service; viz. John, a Major-General and K.C.B.; Samuel, a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Grenadier Guards; and