In the debates in parliament on the Instrument of Government in 1654 Lambert proposed that the office of Lord Protector should be made hereditary, but was defeated by a majority which included members of Cromwell's family.
In den Parlamentsdebatten des Regierungsinstrumentes 1654 schlug Lambert das Amt eines vererblichen Lordprotektors vor, das von der Mehrheit einschließlich der Cromwells Familie abgelehnt wurde.