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Ford Lambart, 5th Earl of Cavan

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Ford Lambart, 5th Earl of Cavan (1718–1772) was an Irish peer and freemason.

He was born in 1718 in Maryborough, son of the 4th Earl and Margaret Trant. Lambart was elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ireland in 1767, a post he held for the next two years.[1]

He had no son, and at his death, his titles passed to a cousin, Richard Lambart, a grandson of the 3rd Earl.

References

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  1. ^ Waite, Arthur Edward (2007). A New Encyclopedia of Freemasonry. Vol. I. Cosimo, Inc. p. 400. ISBN 978-1-60206-641-0.
Masonic offices
Preceded by Grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of Ireland
1767–1769
Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Earl of Cavan
1742–1772
Succeeded by