Margaret Lambert (7 November 1906 – 22 January 1995) was a British historian specialising in German history. She also collected and preserved English popular art with her partner, Enid Marx.
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Early life and education
The Honourable Margaret Barbara Lambert was born and grew up in Devon. Her father was George Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert, and Winston and Clementine Churchill were visitors to her family home.
Lambert was privately educated and then attended Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where she studied PPE. She studied for her PhD at the London School of Economics under Charles Manning. In 1933, she spent time researching in Berlin, Saar and Paris for her thesis, which was entitled 'The Saar Territory as a Factor in Franco German Relations'. Lambert graduated in 1936.
In 1931, Lambert met Enid Marx and they became partners. Marx designed a cover for the 1934 book based on Lambert's thesis. Marx and Lambert collaborated in collecting for a book, When Victoria Began to Reign: A Coronation Year Scrapbook (1937) and built up a collection of vernacular art.
Career
During World War II, Lambert worked for the Institute of International Affairs and as an Intelligence Officer for the BBC Austrian Service.