Lamb baronets
There have been two baronetcies held by people with the surname Lamb, both in the
The Lamb Baronetcy, of
The Burges, later Lamb Baronetcy, of
Lamb baronets, of Brocket Hall (1755)
Burges, later Lamb baronets, of Burghfield (1795)
The Burges family settled near Reading during the reign of Henry VIII; the surname is claimed to derive from Bruges in Flanders. Colonel Roger Burges held the town of Faringdon for the king during the English Civil War (1642–1651) and was later captured at the Battle of Naseby. After his release he became commander of Castle Cornet, the last Royalist garrison to surrender to Cromwell after the 1651 Battle of Worcester. He was eventually succeeded by George Burges (1723–1786) who was military secretary and aide-de-camp to Major General Humphrey Bland. At the 1746 Battle of Culloden, Burges captured the standard of Charles Edward Stuart. He later became receiver-general of the salt duties and comptroller the customs of Scotland. By his 1748 marriage to Anne Wichnour, daughter of James Somerville, 13th Lord Somerville, he was the father of the first baronet, James Burges, who legally changed his name to James Bland Lamb by Royal Licence in 1821.[2]
- Sir James Bland Lamb, 1st Baronet (1752–1824)
- Sir Charles Montolieu Lamb, 2nd Baronet (1785–1864)
- Charles James Savile Montgomerie Lamb (c. 1816–1856)
- Sir Archibald Lamb, 3rd Baronet (1845–1921)
- Sir Charles Anthony Lamb, 4th Baronet (1857–1948)
References
- ^ "No. 13823". The London Gazette. 17 October 1795. p. 1074.
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1869). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. London: Harrison.