Edward William Lamb, -Pastoralist, Politician

Male 1828 - 1910  (82 years)


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  1. 1.  Edward William Lamb, -Pastoralist, Politician was born 6 Feb 1828, London; was christened 23 Oct 1828, St John, Hackney, Middlessex; died 18 Oct 1910, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, Nsw.

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    History:
    Edward William Lamb
    LAMB, EDWARD WILLIAM (1828-1910), pastoralist, public servant and politician, was born on 6 February 1828 in London, second son of John Lamb and his wife Emma Trant, née Robinson. With his parents he arrived in the Resource at Sydney in May 1829. He was sent to England for education at the Royal Naval School and returned about 1846 to join the family firm, Lamb, Parbury & Co. In the next ten years he and his brother Walter managed stations for the firm near Boorowa and Harden. On 9 February 1854 he married Julia Clemence Fattorini, by whom he had two sons and three surviving daughters.
    In 1858 Lamb and Thomas Skinner bought Dalgangal station in the Burnett District of Queensland. Four years later he took up five stations on Peak Downs with John Richard Black. Appointed chief commissioner of crown lands in November 1862, he held office until elected to the Legislative Assembly for Mitchell in July 1867. A month later he was appointed secretary for public lands in the Mackenzie ministry. Lamb confessed disillusion with the theories of Edward Gibbon Wakefield , whom he had once known, and his main objective was a new land law. His bill was heavily amended by a select committee but in 1868 was passed as the Crown Land Alienation Act. His alleged maladministration of it led to his replacement in September and was one of the charges used to defeat the Mackenzie ministry in November.
    Lamb resigned in December 1869 and next year failed to win the Clermont seat. He dissolved his partnership with Black in May 1874 and retired to Sydney. In 1880, on behalf of his son Edward Charles, he took up Alroy Downs in the Northern Territory. Lamb lost heavily when the lease had to be abandoned in 1893. He wrote occasionally on development for the press until he died in a private hospital at Woolloomooloo on 18 October 1910.
    Though well educated and intelligent, Lamb was unlucky in politics. Perhaps unfairly, a political lampoonist described him as
    The fussy feckless silly bleating lambCondemned to drudge, to labor and take painsWithout an equal competence of brains.
    Select Bibliography
    M. J. Fox (ed), The History of Queensland, vol 2 (Brisb, 1921); Parliamentary Debates (Queensland), 1867, 316, 1868; Sydney Morning Herald, 21 Oct 1910; H. M. Chester, Autobiography (State Library of New South Wales); letter, MS 275 (State Library of New South Wales); Henry Parkes letters (State Library of New South Wales). More on the resources
    Author: H. J. Gibbney
    Print Publication Details: H. J. Gibbney, 'Lamb, Edward William (1828 - 1910)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, Melbourne University Press , 1974, p. 54.

    Edward married Julia Clemence Lamonnerie dit Fattorini 9 Feb 1854, Residence of Captain Wauch, Wauchope, Port Macquarie. (daughter of Jean Baptiste Charles Lamonnerie dit Fattorini, - M.D. and Clemence Caroline Beaufils) [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Lamb  Descendancy chart to this point was born 21 Mar 1858, Forbes St, Woolloomooloo, Nsw; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 3. Edward Charles Lamonnerie Lamb  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1860, Qld; died 7 Oct 1942, Qld; was buried Witta Cemetery.
    3. 4. Lamb  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 May 1862, Iffiey, Ipswich, Qld; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. 5. Eveline Cecil Lamb  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1864, Brisbane, Qld; died 29 Jan 1865, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland.
    5. 6. Cecil Walter Lamb  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1867, Brisbane, Qld; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. 7. Hilda Elise Lamb  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1870, Brisbane, Qld; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. 8. Julia Marguerite Lamb  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1874, Brisbane, Qld; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. 9. Eva Annie Frant Lamb  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1876, Brisbane, Qld; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lamb Descendancy chart to this point (1.Edward1) was born 21 Mar 1858, Forbes St, Woolloomooloo, Nsw; died Yes, date unknown.

  2. 3.  Edward Charles Lamonnerie  LambEdward Charles Lamonnerie Lamb Descendancy chart to this point (1.Edward1) was born 1860, Qld; died 7 Oct 1942, Qld; was buried Witta Cemetery.

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    • Electoral Roll: 1937, Wide Bay, Maleny

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    Electoral Roll:
    Lamb, Edward Charles, Maleny, dairyman
    Lamb, Doris Anna, Maleny, home duties
    Lamb, Edward William, Maleny, dairyman
    Lamb, Daphne May, Maleny, waitress

    Edward married Doris Anna Harden 29 Sep 1896, Diamantina lakes, Qld. Doris (daughter of Carl Christian Nicolaus Harden, - Accountant and Anna Eliza Palmer) was born 1864, Qld; died 21 Jun 1937, Maleny, Queensland; was buried Witta Cemetery. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 10. Edward William Lamb  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1898, Qld; died 11 Feb 1971, Qld; was buried Witta Cemetery.
    2. 11. Doris Lamb  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1901, Qld; died 1901, Qld.
    3. 12. Theresa Harden Lamb  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1901, Qld; died 1901, Qld.

  3. 4.  Lamb Descendancy chart to this point (1.Edward1) was born 29 May 1862, Iffiey, Ipswich, Qld; died Yes, date unknown.

  4. 5.  Eveline Cecil Lamb Descendancy chart to this point (1.Edward1) was born 1864, Brisbane, Qld; died 29 Jan 1865, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland.

  5. 6.  Cecil Walter Lamb Descendancy chart to this point (1.Edward1) was born 1867, Brisbane, Qld; died Yes, date unknown.

  6. 7.  Hilda Elise Lamb Descendancy chart to this point (1.Edward1) was born 1870, Brisbane, Qld; died Yes, date unknown.

  7. 8.  Julia Marguerite Lamb Descendancy chart to this point (1.Edward1) was born 1874, Brisbane, Qld; died Yes, date unknown.

  8. 9.  Eva Annie Frant Lamb Descendancy chart to this point (1.Edward1) was born 1876, Brisbane, Qld; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 10.  Edward William  LambEdward William Lamb Descendancy chart to this point (3.Edward2, 1.Edward1) was born 1898, Qld; died 11 Feb 1971, Qld; was buried Witta Cemetery.

    Other Events:

    • Electoral Roll: 1937, Wide Bay, Maleny

    Notes:

    Electoral Roll:
    Lamb, Edward Charles, Maleny, dairyman
    Lamb, Doris Anna, Maleny, home duties
    Lamb, Edward William, Maleny, dairyman
    Lamb, Daphne May, Maleny, waitress


  2. 11.  Doris Lamb Descendancy chart to this point (3.Edward2, 1.Edward1) was born 1901, Qld; died 1901, Qld.

  3. 12.  Theresa Harden Lamb Descendancy chart to this point (3.Edward2, 1.Edward1) was born 1901, Qld; died 1901, Qld.


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