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


Life

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


Family

In 1774, Lamb married Elizabeth Davis, daughter of William Davis of Rye. They had three sons and two daughters. Of the sons, Thomas was a
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in the
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and held incumbencies at
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,
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,
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and the
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. Their daughter (Martha) Sabina married Antonio Caccia (1801–1867) in 1829 from
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, a political exile.


References

1752 births People from Rye, East Sussex 1819 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs 1818–1820 {{England-UK-MP-stub