Ralph Lambert
Ralph Lambert (1667–1731) was an Irish Anglican priest in the first half of the 18th century.
He was the son of George Lambert, and was born in County Louth. Lambert was a contemporary of Jonathan Swift at Trinity College, Dublin.
Lambert became Swift's rival, and took the post of chaplain to Thomas Wharton, 1st Earl of Wharton, when Wharton became Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in 1709. He was Dean of Down from 1709 until 1717; Bishop of Dromore from 1717 until 1727; and Bishop of Meath from 1726 until 1731. He was one of a group of Low Church, reforming clergy around William King, that included also Theophilus Bolton, John Stearne, and Edward Synge.
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