Auguste, Baron Lambermont

François Auguste, Baron Lambermont (25 March 1819 in Dion-le-Val, Brabant7 March 1905), was a Belgian statesman. He came of a family of small farmer proprietors, who had held land during three centuries. He was intended for the priesthood and entered the seminary of Floreffe, but his energies claimed a more active sphere.

He left the monastery for the University of Louvain. Here he studied law, and also prepared himself for the military examinations. At that juncture the first Carlist War broke out, and Lambermont hastened to the scene of action to support catholicism and absolutism. His services were accepted (April 1838) and he was entrusted with the command of two small cannon. He also acted as aide-de-camp to Colonel Durando. He greatly distinguished himself, and for his intrepidity on one occasion he was decorated with the Cross of the highest military Royal Military Order of Saint Ferdinand. Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Saint Stanislaus. Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Franz Joseph. Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Oak Crown. Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Lion and the Sun. Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Albert the Bear. Grand Officer in the Legion of Honour. Grand Officer in the Order of the Redeemer. Commander in the Order of the Iron Crown Knight, 1st class in the Order of Saint Fernando.