Robert Lamb (bishop)

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.[1] He was educated at Enfield, Middlesex under Robert Uvedale, and matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge 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 Keelby, in Lincolnshire. He was Dean of Peterborough from 1744 to 1764.[2] He was rector of Peakirk with Glinton, Northamptonshire, from 1747 to 1763, and then of Hatfield, Hertfordshire from 1763. In 1758 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society.

He was elected Bishop of Peterborough in 1764.[3] He died at Hatfield rectory and was buried there. He was unmarried, and his younger brother Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Baronet of Brocket Hall inherited his estate.

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References

"Lamb, Robert (LM721R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

Notes

George R. Taylor, English Political Portraits of the Nineteenth Century (1977), pp. 104-5.
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Church of England titles
Preceded by Richard Terrick	Bishop of Peterborough 1764–1769	Succeeded by John Hinchliffe

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[1] George R. Taylor, English Political Portraits of the Nineteenth Century (1977), pp. 104-5.

[2] ttp://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35339

[3] ttp://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35338

Diocese of Peterborough
Peterborough Cathedral Bishop's Lodging, The Palace, Peterborough The Palace, Peterborough
Office holders	Donald Allister, Bishop of Peterborough John Holbrook, Bishop suffragan of Brixworth AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough Chris Dalliston, Dean of Peterborough Christine Allsopp, Archdeacon of Northampton Gordon Steele, Archdeacon of Oakham
Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Leicester (1888–1927; Diocese of Leicester erected) Archdeacon of Leicester (1837–1926; became Diocese of Leicester) Archdeacon of Loughborough (1921–1926; became Diocese of Leicester)