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{{Short description|British archaeologist, historian and administrator}}
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'''Hugh Trevor Lambrick''' [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]] (20 April 1904–31 August 1982) was a British archaeologist, historian and administrator.

During his distinguished career as a member of the [[Indian Civil Service]] he also became known for his archaeological work at [[Mohenjo-daro]] and [[Harappa]].

== Early life ==
He was born in 1904 at [[Shardlow]], Derbyshire, England,<ref name="cricketarchive">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1036/1036083/1036083.html|publisher=cricketarchive.com|title=The Home of CricketArchive|accessdate=2017-01-08}}</ref> the son of the Revd. Charles Menzies Lambrick (1862–1947) and Jessie Mabel ''née'' Trevor (1875–1946), who was born in India. His brother was George Lambrick (1901–1946) and his sister Hope Lambrick (1911–1983). He was educated at The Dene preparatory school in [[Caterham]] in [[Surrey]] (1912–17) and after at the [[Rossall School]] in [[Fleetwood]] in [[Lancashire]] (1917–23). He won an open scholarship to [[Oriel College, Oxford]] (1923–6) where he was awarded a first-class honours degree in modern history.<ref name="ancestry">{{cite web|url=http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/hugh-trevor-lambrick_1630630|publisher=ancestry.com|title=Hugh Trevor Lambrick, father of 0 - Ancestry|accessdate=2017-01-08}}</ref><ref name="myheritage">{{cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/jessie_lambrick|publisher=myheritage.com|title=Jessie Lambrick - Historical records and family trees - MyHeritage|accessdate=2017-01-08}}</ref><ref name="myheritage2">{{cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/charles_lambrick|publisher=myheritage.com|title=Charles Lambrick - Historical records and family trees - MyHeritage|accessdate=2017-01-08}}</ref><ref name=ODNB>Moir, Martin [https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-107503 Lambrick, Hugh Trevor (1904–1982)], [[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]] {{subscription required}}</ref>

==Career==
In October 1927 Lambrick joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] (ICS) after passing the open competitive civil service examination; he chose to serve in [[Sindh]] where members of his mother's family had served before him.<ref name=ODNB/><ref name="google">{{cite book|title=The Routledge Guide to British Political Archives: Sources since 1945|author=Cook, C.|date=2012|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781136509612|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k89anpKEY6YC&pg=PA118|page=118|accessdate=2017-01-08}}</ref> From 1927 to 1947 he served in Sindh province (present day Pakistan) as Commissioner where he did most of his archaeological work,
including at [[Mohenjo-daro]] and [[Harappa]].<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=The Routledge Guide to British Political Archives: Sources since 1945|author=Cook, C.|date=2012|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781136509612|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k89anpKEY6YC&pg=PA118|page=118|accessdate=2017-01-08}}</ref><ref name="google2">{{cite book|title=The History of India|author1=Publishing, B.E.|author2=Pletcher, K.|date=2010|publisher=Rosen Publishing Group, Incorporated|isbn=9781615302017|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hdmcAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA43|page=43|accessdate=2017-01-08}}</ref> Lambrick became fluent in the [[Sindhi language]] and also became familiar with the [[Balochi language]], developing an appreciation for Balochi poetry and music. Such was his interest in the geography, anthropology and archaeology of the Sindh province that he became Secretary of the Sindh Historical Society.<ref name=ODNB/> During the 1940s he was involved in suppressing the [[Indian independence movement]] which in 1943 lead to the hanging of [[Pir of Pagaro VI]], the spiritual leader of the [[Hurs]]. [[1944 New Year Honours|In 1944]] Lambrick was appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] (CIE) and retired from the Indian Civil Service in 1946.

In 1947 he became a historian and a Fellow of [[Oriel College, Oxford]] where he served until 1971.<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=The Routledge Guide to British Political Archives: Sources since 1945|author=Cook, C.|date=2012|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781136509612|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k89anpKEY6YC&pg=PA118|page=118|accessdate=2017-01-08}}</ref> In October 1948 he married [[Gabrielle Lambrick|Gabrielle Margaret Jennings]] (1913–1968), a principal civil servant in the Overseas Finance Section in [[HM Treasury|the Treasury]] and the younger daughter of Herbert Henry Jennings, a hospital administrator and amateur art connoisseur and collector.<ref>[https://www.abingdon.gov.uk/abingdon_people/gabrielle-lambrick Biography of Gabrielle Lambrick], Abingdon on Thames Town Council website</ref> The couple had two sons: Charles Trevor Lambrick (born 1949), a solicitor; and George Hugh Lambrick (born 1952), an archaeologist. At Oriel Lambrick was appointed Lecturer in Modern History and Treasurer in 1951 but relinquished the latter role in 1955 when he was appointed Spalding senior research fellow in Indian history at the college. In 1971 Lambrick retired from his post at Oriel and became an emeritus fellow. He was awarded a [[Doctor of Letters|DLitt]] by the [[University of Oxford]] and became a Fellow of the [[Society of Antiquaries of London|Society of Antiquaries]]. In 1978 he was awarded the Richard Burton memorial medal by the [[Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|Royal Asiatic Society]].<ref name=ODNB/>

Hugh Trevor Labrick died at the [[John Radcliffe Hospital]] in [[Oxford]] in August 1982.<ref name=ODNB/>

== Bibliography ==
His collected papers are held at the [[British Library]].<ref name="nationalarchives">{{cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/9efee0a2-1248-478f-be78-c2900d65f476|publisher=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk|title=Papers of Hugh Trevor Lambrick, Indian Civil Service, Sind 1927-47, Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford 1947-71 | The National Archives|accessdate=2017-01-08}}</ref> Lambrick published seven books between 1952 and 1976 including a novel ''The Terrorist'' (1972), biographies of Sir [[Charles James Napier]] (1952) and [[John Jacob (East India Company officer)|John Jacob]] of [[Jacobabad]] (1960; revised edition, 1975)<ref name="abebooks">{{cite web|url=https://www.abebooks.co.uk/John-Jacob-Jacolabad-Lambrick-Hugh-Trevor/9905649136/bd|publisher=abebooks.co.uk|title=John Jacob of Jacolabad by Lambrick, Hugh Trevor: Cassell Unknown Binding - Black Paw Books|accessdate=2017-01-08}}</ref><ref name="goodreads">{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1805976.H_T_Lambrick|publisher=goodreads.com|title=H.T. Lambrick (Author of John Jacob Of Jacobabad)|accessdate=2017-01-08}}</ref> and two volumes in the History of Sind series: ''Sind: A General Introduction'' (1964) and ''Sind Before the Muslim Conquest'' (1973). He wrote numerous articles for historical and archaeological journals. His last publication was a chapter on 'The Hill Country of Sind and its People' in ''Sind Through The Centuries'' (ed. Hamida Khuro, 1982).<ref name=ODNB/>

== References ==
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==External links==
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