Nathaniel Lambert

Nathaniel Grace Lambert JP DL (1811 – 9 December 1882) was an English mine-owner and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1880.

Lambert was the son of Richard Lambert of Newcastle upon Tyne and his wife Achsah Grace, daughter of Nathaniel Grace. He was educated privately and became a mine-owner. He was a captain on the Taplow Yeomanry Lancers and a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Buckinghamshire. In 1865 he was High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.[1]

At the 1868 general election Lambert was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckinghamshire. He held the seat until 1880.[2]

Lambert died at the age of 71.

Lambert married Mary Ann Richards, daughter of Thomas Wright Richards of Rushden, Northamptonshire, in 1843.[1]

Their youngest daughter, Christina, married Lord John Hay in 1876.[3]

References

  1. Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870
  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)
  3. Heathcote, Tony (2002). The British Admirals of the Fleet 1734 – 1995. Pen & Sword Ltd. p. 111. ISBN 0-85052-835-6.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Robert Harvey
Benjamin Disraeli
Caledon Du Pré
Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire
18681880
With: Caledon Du Pré to 1874
Benjamin Disraeli to 1876
Sir Robert Harvey, Bt from 1874
Thomas Fremantle from 1876
Succeeded by
Rupert Carington
Sir Robert Harvey, Bt
Thomas Fremantle


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