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LAMB, SIR JAMES BLAND, BART., only son of George Burges (qv); b. 8 Jun 1752; adm. (after two sessions at Edinburgh Univ. ) 30 Jun 1767; left Dec 1769; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 7 Jan 1770; Grand Tour (France) 1771, (Italy) 1773-4; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 28 Sep 1769, called to bar 16 Apr 1777; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1778-83); MP Helston Jan 1787-90; a supporter of Warren Hastings (qv) in the early stages of his impeachment; Under-Secretary, Foreign Office 1789-95; one of Commissioners of Privy Seal Jul – Nov 1794; created baronet 21 Oct 1795; Knight Marshal, Royal Household, from 10 Nov 1795; assumed surname of Lamb in lieu of Burges 25 Oct 1821; author of poems, plays, tales and epigrams; a founder, The Sun newspaper; m. 1st, 19 Jun 1777 Hon. Elizabeth Noel, second dau. of Edward Noel, 1st Viscount Wentworth; m. 2nd, 16 Dec 1780 Anne, third dau. of Lieut. -Col. Louis Charles Montolieu, Baron de Saint Hypolite, 2nd Troop Horse Guards; m. 3rd, 1 Sep 1812 Lady Margaret Lindsay, widow of Alexander Fordyce, London, banker, and dau. of James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres (S); d. 11 Oct 1824. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.