LIVES – LAMBERT FAMILY
Researched and written by Christopher J. Hogger.
The Lambert family took up the tenancy of Effingham House in about 1884, and held it until at least 1913. The head of the family, Charles Edward Lambert, had six daughters and one son. He died in 1910. One of his daughters, Nina, lived in Effingham, at Yew Tree House, in the latter half of the 1930s.
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The Children of Charles Edward Lambert
Hilda Emma Charlotte Lambert was born on February 25th 1870. She married her cousin Maxwell Rose (below) in 1902 [GRO Ref: Dorking 2a 281, 1902 (Q2)]. In the 1901 Census he had been visiting a retired Lt. Col. Henry S. Daniell at 4, Lothair Villas in Hatfield, Herts, giving his occupation as an oil refiner and his birthplace as Tooting. Her father’s death in 1910 must have occurred on her 40th birthday. She died on January 21st 1922 [GRO Ref: Guildford 2a 155, 1922 (Q1)] and was buried with her parents at St. Lawrence.
Louisa Lambert was born on July 2nd 1871. She was known by her sisters as “Looloo”. She married John Henry Pease (below) at Effingham on October 21st 1905 [GRO Ref: Dorking 2a 369, 1905 (Q4)]. He was educated at Edinburgh University and at King’s College, Cambridge. They lived at Carlbury Hall, Piercebridge, Darlington, where their children were born. He died on February 19th 1939 and was buried at Broadwindsor. She died exactly 20 years later, on February 19th 1959 [GRO Ref: Wandsworth 5d 1175, 1959 (Q1)].
Nina Lambert was born in 1873. She married James Alexander H. MacNair in 1905 [GRO Ref: St. Geo. H. Sq. 1a 680, 1905 (Q1)]. He was born in Auchtermuchty, Fife. The 1881 Census finds him in his parental home at 3, St. John Street in Edinburgh Canongate and occupied as an apprentice chartered accountant. His father James was the Minister of Canongate parish. He died in 1931 [GRO Ref: Brighton 2b 280, 1931 (Q2)] and Nina died in 1951 [GRO Ref: Gosport 6b 448, 1951 (Q1)]. She had no children.
Jessie Evelyn Lambert was born in 1874. She was registered at birth as simply “Jessie” but later took on a second forename “Evelyn”. She married Andrew Carmichael Arbuthnot on June 19th 1911 [GRO Ref: Dorking 2a 357, 1911 (Q2)]. He was born on August 6th 1877 and was educated at Charterhouse. They produced two children, Evelyn Helen Anne and Ursula Bridget. Like her sister Nina, Jessie died in the first quarter of 1951 [GRO Ref: Chelsea 5c 475, 1951 (Q1)]. Andrew died on July 1st 1953.
Annie Grace Lambert was born in 1876. She was registered at birth as simply “Annie” but later took on a second forename “Grace”. In the Lambert Album 1 she is sometimes referred to as “Gracie”. She married Harold Denison Arbuthnot, the brother of her sister Jessie’s husband Andrew, on April 28th 1898. Harold was born on September 15th 1868 and was educated at Eton. They produced three children, Clive Denison, David Denison and Thelma Grace. Harold died on January 5th 1944 and Annie died on May 10th 1956 [GRO Ref: Westminster 5c 349, 1956 (Q2)].
Adria Elsa Lambert was born in 1877 and registered only as “female”. She was known variously as “Elsa Adria” or “Adria Elsa”. She married a divorcée (Philip) Aubrey Price in 1912 [GRO Ref; Strand 1b 760, 1912 (Q1)]. For many years they lived at “Warrens Gorse” (a house built for Aubrey) at Daglingworth in the Cotswolds. Aubrey died in November 30th 1934. She died in Scotland on September 20th 1945 at Brae Lodge in Ardeonaig, Killin, Perthshire.
Charles Edward Winterton Lambert was born on September 7th 1878. Whereas the above photographs of his sisters are certain in their identification, the photograph on the left, presumed to be of Charles, is not wholly proven; however, from his age, features and context within the Lambert Album 1, it is highly probable to be of him. It is not known whether he married, nor whether he played any role in his father’s business. He has not been found in any (available) Census after 1891. Immigration records show that he entered Britain from abroad in 1931 on the “Empress of Australia” from New York, in 1937 on the “Indrapoera” from Indonesia and in 1938 on the “Reina Del Pacifico” from South America. In each case the ship’s manifest described him as of no occupation and gave his address as “Rusthall” in Hastings Road, Bexhill-on-Sea. He died on January 9th 1946 [GRO Ref: Battle 2b 68, 1946 (Q1)] and was buried with his parents at St. Lawrence.