Robert Lamb (c.1703 – 3 November 1769) was an English churchman, bishop of Peterborough from 1764.

Life

He was son of Matthew Lamb of London, and nephew of Peniston Lamb, who left him a fortune, as did his father, a prosperous attorney. He was educated at

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under

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, and matriculated at

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in 1721. He graduated LL.B. in 1726 and LL.D. in 1728. He was ordained in 1727, and that year was appointed vicar of Hather and of

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, in

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. He was Dean of Peterborough from 1744 to 1764. He was rector of

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with Glinton,

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, from 1747 to 1763, and then of Hatfield,

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from 1763. In 1758 he became a

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. He was elected Bishop of Peterborough in 1764. He died at Hatfield rectory and was buried there. He was unmarried, and his younger brother

Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Baronet Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Baronet (1705 – 6 November 1768) was a British barrister and politician. He was the grandfather of Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne. Lamb was the son of Matthew Lamb, of Southwell, Nottinghamshire, and ...

Brocket Hall Brocket Hall is a neo-classical country house set in a large park at the western side of the urban area of Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire, England. The estate is equipped with two golf courses and seven smaller listed buildings, apart fro ...

inherited his estate.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lamb, Robert 1703 births 1769 deaths Bishops of Peterborough Deans of Peterborough Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Fellows of the Royal Society