William Lambton (British Army officer)

Major-General The Hon. Sir William Lambton KCB CMG CVO DSO (4 December 1863 – 11 October 1936) was a British Army officer who commanded 4th Division during the First World War.

Military career
Born the son of George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham and educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College Sandhurst, Lambton was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1884. He became Aide-de-camp to Governor General of Ireland in 1895 and then served with the Egyptian Army. He took part in the Nile expedition of 1898 and fought at the Battle of Atbara and the Battle of Omdurman. He also served as Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief of the Transvaal during the Second Boer War. He was appointed Commanding Officer of 1st Bn Coldstream Guards in 1912, Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General for London District in 1913 and Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force at the beginning of the European War before becoming General Officer Commanding 4th Division in 1915. He retired in 1920.

Family
In 1921 he married Lady Katherine de Vere Somerset, née Beauclerk, daughter of William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans; they had no children.