It may take someone who studied in England (Jeffrey Gibson, are you
listening?) to decide. I have assumed that, no matter what his ethnic
background, his name in British English would be pronounced with a silent
e, e.g. as Lamp (one syllable).
But like you, I will rejoice to get a definitive word.
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