Roger Cavan Lambart, 13th Earl of Cavan (born 1 September 1944) is an hereditary peer

Hereditary peer

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He was educated at Wilson's School

Wilson's School

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, Surrey, St Clare's International School

St Clare's International School

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 and at King's College London

King's College London

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The title Earl of Cavan

Earl of Cavan

Earl of Cavan is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1647 for Charles Lambart, 2nd Baron Lambart. He was made Viscount Kilcoursie, in the King's County, at the same time, also in the Peerage of Ireland...

 was created in the Peerage of Ireland

Peerage of Ireland

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 in 1647 for Charles Lambart, 2nd Baron Lambart

Charles Lambart, 1st Earl of Cavan

Charles Lambart, 1st Earl of Cavan PC was an MP for the rotten borough of Bossiney and a military commander.-Politics:He held the office of Member of Parliament for Bossiney in 1626....

. Lord Cavan holds the subsidiary titles Viscount Kilcoursie, in the King's County (1647), and Lord Lambart, Baron of Cavan in the County of Cavan (1618), both also in the Peerage of Ireland.

The Earl of Cavan inherited the title from his relative, the 12th Earl

Michael Lambart, 12th Earl of Cavan

Michael Edward Oliver Lambart, 12th Earl of Cavan was an hereditary peer. He was heir presumptive to the title Earl of Cavan when the Irish Free State was created in 1922 and inherited it upon his father's death. When he died, the title passed to Roger Cavan Lambart, a descendant of the 7th...

. He is the descendant of Commander the Honourable Oliver Lambart, a younger son of the 7th Earl

Richard Lambart, 7th Earl of Cavan

General Richard Ford William Lambart, 7th Earl of Cavan , styled Viscount Kilcoursie from 1772 to 1778, was a military commander throughout the Napoleonic era and beyond. He was colonial head of Egypt...

. There is no current heir to the title.