Talk:John Lambert (general)

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Date and place of death[edit]

Encyclopædia Britannica (1911) says:

On the Restoration he was exempted from danger of life by an address of both Houses to the king, but the next parliament (1662) charged him with high treason. Thenceforward for the rest of his life Lambert remained in custody in Guernsey. He died in 1694.

The more recent http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9046943

born autumn 1619, Calton, West Riding, Yorkshire, Eng. died March 1684, St. Nicholas Isle, off Plymouth, Devon

So as other sources listed in the article agree with www.britannica.com it looks as if the 1911 got it wrong. --Philip Baird Shearer 17:37, 2 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sections[edit]

The sections template was originally added to the Article page on 01:58, 29 July 2006 by the IP address 68.39.174.238. I moved it here because it is an editorial suggestion and not an aid to the reader of the article --Philip Baird Shearer 09:43, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Editorial suggestion templates normally go on the main article page, and the discussion page for {{sections}} specifically notes this as proper practice. I've moved it back. Matchups 03:16, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Poetic License[edit]

I don't think that this sentence is suitable: "Lambert's role in the Civil War and Commonwealth is now largely forgotten" at the beginning of the 'legacy' section. It seems like a particularly large article for somebody who has been forgotten. MC 14:58, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A different John Lambert[edit]

Removed references to John Lambert, captin (sic) of the third batalian (sic) 3rd royal australian regiment sydney Littlst (talk) 11:20, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Addition: Lambert said "the best of men are but men at the best" ?[edit]

I was reading a book called "VIES IMAGINAIRES" authored at 1896 by Marcel Schwob. In there is a quote allegedly (by John Aubrey) said or used by general Cambert (instead of Lambert in my translated copy probably by typo). After a internet research a found that the quote itself comes from John's Aubrey letter to Anthony Wood dated 15 June 1680. The letter is in start page of aubrey's Lives of eminent men, there is a publication in books.google.com in a collective vol.

Published in pages 197-201 (the quote is mentioned in page 199).

http://books.google.com/books?id=bvkHAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA199&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U0GICwavVM6kmmL4iMy-LpgejgFcg&ci=102%2C1164%2C710%2C83&edge=0

I think that the quote should be added to this page!

Miklaf (talk) 16:34, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm... very interesting quote, but it could be said of Lambert as opposed to by him, using the other version of one meaning the individual making the comment. Still, I think it should definitely be included either here or on wikiquote. Well spotted! CFury194.9.188.22 (talk) 16:23, 29 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]