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Captain Lambert
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"Captain Lloyd Washington Lambert is a sailing-master and ship-owner, trading between Norfolk and New York and other ports. He was born at Lambert's Point, Norfolk County, Virginia, and is a son of John Holt Lambert, Jr.
John Holt Lambert, Sr., the grandfather of our subject,  came to this country from England, and settled at [the] place...afterward given the name of Lambert's Point. He owned a large number of slaves, as did his son, the father of the gentleman whose name opens these lines. John Holt Lambert, Jr., was born in 1810, and was engaged in oyster planting and farming until 1882. He then retired from active business duties, and his death occurred 10 years later, at the age of 82 years. He married Ann Eliza Cooper, who was born at Lambert's Point, October 17, 1827. Her father was William Cooper, a circuit preacher of the Christian Church. John Holt Lambert, Jr., and his wife had eight children, namely: William John, Edward James and Mary Elizabeth, deceased; Eleazer Orwell, who is engaged in the wholesale liquor business in Norfolk; Lula M., who married Charles A. Morris, a merchant of Norfolk; Lloyd Washington, the subject of this sketch; and Archie Stephens and Tiberius Darling, both merchants.
Captain Lambert holds the championship medal of the world for quail shooting. A $1,000 challenge is now offered by his friends in Norfolk to all competitors. Captain Lambert now has a record of killing 184 quail, from sunrise to sunset...."
(from Stewart's History of Norfolk County and Representative Citizens, pp. 574-75)
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