Thomas Phillipps Lamb

Thomas Phillipps Lamb (1752 – 1819) was an English politician.[1]

Life

Lamb was born in 1752, the son of Thomas Lamb, many times mayor of Rye, Sussex, and his wife Dorothy Eyles, daughter of the Rev. George Eyles, vicar of Turk Dean.[1] He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Rye from 1812 until his death.[2]

Family

In 1774, Lamb married Elizabeth Davis, daughter of William Davis of Rye. They had three sons and two daughters.[1] Of the sons, Thomas was a priest in the Church of England and held incumbencies at Windlesham, Bagshot, West Hackney and the City of London.[3] Their daughter (Martha) Sabina married Antonio Caccia (1801–1867) in 1829 from Milan, a political exile.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "LAMB, Thomas Phillipps (?1752-1819), of Mountsfield Lodge, Rye, Suss. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
  3. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Lamb, Thomas Davis (1)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. ^ "Caccia, Antonio in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it (in Italian).
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Rye
1812 – 1818
With: Charles Wetherell
Richard Arkwright 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Rye
26 February 1819 – 26 June 1819
With: Peter Browne 		Succeeded by


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