Alfred Lamb (28 May 1845 – 13 October 1890) was an Australian businessman, banker and politician. In 1889 he was elected to the

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as a

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member for West Sydney. He served in this office until his death in

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in 1890. A member of the Lamb banking family, he became a director of the

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(now

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) in 1860. His father Commander John Lamb was a Commercial Banking Company of Sydney director, as were his brothers Walter Lamb,

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and John de Villiers Lamb. His sister-in-law by John de Villiers Lamb, Henrietta Lamb, was the sister of the deputy chairman of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, Thomas Smith. His sister-in-law via Walter was Margaret Dangar, daughter of Australian politician and explorer

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Early life

He was born in

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to the banker and politician John Lamb and Emma (née Robinson). His mother Emma Lamb (née Robinson) was the daughter of the deputy chairman of

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. His family migrated to

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in 1829, and, after his education, Lamb became a clerk in his father's mercantile firm and became a partner in 1847. At 15 he became a clerk in his father's firm and at 22 a partner in Lamb, Spry & Co.

Career

A key figure in the Employers' Union, he was elected to the

in 1889 as a

member for West Sydney, but he died at

the following year.

Further details

On 25 February 1868 he married Mary Elizabeth Gordon, with whom he had seven children; a second marriage on 4 May 1881 to Mary Frances Brenan produced a further four children.

References

1845 births 1890 deaths Colony of New South Wales people Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Free Trade Party politicians 19th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-FreeTrade-politician-stub