Walter Lamb

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Walter Lamb
Member of Legislative Council of New South Wales
In office
10 September 1889 (1889-09-10) – 2 February 1893 (1893-02-02)
Personal details
Born(1825-01-01)1 January 1825
Penrith, England
Died13 November 1906(1906-11-13) (aged 81)
Citizenship Australia
Political partyFree Trade
SpouseMargaret (née Dangar)
Relations
Parents
  • John Lamb (father)
  • Emma (née Robinson) (mother)
Relatives

Walter Lamb (8 January 1825 – 13 November 1906) was an Australian businessman, banker and politician. In 1889 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, where he served until 1893.[1] A member of the Lamb banking family, he became a director of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney in 1860. In 1880, he became chairman of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company.

His father Commander John Lamb was a Commercial Banking Company of Sydney director, as were his brothers Alfred Lamb, Edward Lamb and John de Villiers Lamb. His sister-in-law by John de Villiers Lamb, Henrietta Lamb (née Smith), was the sister of the deputy chairman of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, Thomas Smith.[2] He married Margaret Elizabeth Dangar, daughter of Australian politician and explorer Henry Dangar.[3]

  1. ^ "Mr Walter Lamb (1825-1906)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  2. ^ Butlin, Sydney James (1968). Foundations of the Australian Monetary System, 1788-1851 (PDF). Sydney University Press. ISBN 0424058308.
  3. ^ Walsh, G P (1974). "Lamb, Walter (1825–1906)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 2 September 2021.