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Sir John Henry Lambert, KCVO, CMG (8 January 1921 – 6 July 2015) was a British diplomat. From 1977 to 1981 he was the United Kingdom's ambassador to Tunisia.[1][2]
Lambert was born on 8 January 1921 to Ronald Lambert, MC and Hazel Mary Lambert (née Cox).[1] He was educated at Eton College, an all-boys public school near Windsor, Berkshire. He spent one year studying at Trinity College, Cambridge, before being called up for military service in 1940.[2]
In 1940, Lambert was called up for military service.[2]
On 18 September 1977, he was appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Tunisian Republic.[3]
He was appointed CMG in the 1975 New Year Honours, and on 23 October 1980 Lambert was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO).[4] He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II aboard HMY Britannia at the end of her state visit to Tunisia in October 1980.[2] In 1980, he was appointed Grand Officer of the Order of the Tunisian Republic.[5]
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