King's Collections : Victorian Lives : Lamb, John

First name(s)

John

Surname

Lamb

Position(s) held at King's College London^Ref: *5

Sub-Librarian 1849-1858;

Librarian 1858-1890;

Evening Class lecturer in Greek and in Latin 1862-[1886]

Date of birth^Ref: *1: 1818
Place of birth^{Refs: *2 *3}: Windsor, Berkshire
Date of death^Ref: *3: 9th August 1892
Place of death^Ref: *4: Hendon, Middlesex
Family details^Ref: *6: Son of John Lamb, Military Knight of Windsor; married Elizabeth Lee in 1850; children: Lizzie Jane Lamb (born 1852), John James Goodere Lamb (born 1855)

Buried at St Mary's Churchyard, Willesden, L.B. Brent (also his wife Elizabeth)

Find A Grave www.findagrave.com (picture); Census 1861-1891 say 1819 but probably born April-November 1818
Census 1861-1891 incl
KA/IC/L82 1892 letters from his son; National Probate Calendar 1892, p58
BMD Hendon 1892 3A, 0094
KA/IC/L36 1858 Letter to Sec. on appointment as Librarian; Marriage entry in Parish Register of All Saints St Pancras 2 Jul 1850; King's College London Calendars 1862 - 1866 & 1883-1886
Marriage entry in Parish Register of All Saints St Pancras 2nd July 1850; Census 1861 St George Hanover Sq. Piece 40 f70 p12 and other Census records; BMG 1852 St George Hanover Sq., 1A, p155, registered as Lizzie; BMG 1855St George Hanover Sq. 1A, p169, with unusual 2-line entry; KA/IC/L82 1892 several letters from son J. G. Lamb at time of his father's death
Find A Grave www.findagrave.com (picture)

Lamb, John