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Lamb family of Norfolk, Virginia

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William Boswell Lamb William Boswell Lamb (1774-1852) — of Norfolk, Va. Born September 8, 1774. Merchant; banker; mayor of Norfolk, Va., 1810-11, 1812-13, 1814-15, 1816-17, 1823. Died November 14, 1852 (age 78 years, 67 days). Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Richard Thomas Lamb and Clarissa (Boswell) Lamb; married, November 16, 1798, to Margaret Stuart Kerr; father of William Wilson Lamb; grandfather of William Lamb.
  Political family: Lamb family of Norfolk, Virginia.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts
  William Wilson Lamb (1803-1874) — of Norfolk, Va. Born December 8, 1803. Lawyer; superintendent of schools; mayor of Norfolk, Va., 1858-63, 1866; removed 1863. Died August 6, 1874 (age 70 years, 241 days). Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
  Relatives: Son of William Boswell Lamb and Margaret Stuart (Kerr) Lamb; married to Margaret Kerr; father of William Lamb.
  Political family: Lamb family of Norfolk, Virginia.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Lamb (1835-1909) — also known as "The Hero of Fort Fisher" — of Norfolk, Va. Born in Norfolk, Va., September 27, 1835. Newspaper publisher; merchant; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1856, 1876; candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; steamship agent; importer and exporter; banker; Vice-Consul for Sweden & Norway in Norfolk, Va., 1876-1903; Vice-Consul for Germany in Norfolk, Va., 1880-1903; mayor of Norfolk, Va., 1880-86; Virginia Republican state chair, 1895-97; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1896 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business; speaker). Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Theta Delta Chi; Odd Fellows; Redmen. Died in Norfolk, Va., March 23, 1909 (age 73 years, 177 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
  Relatives: Son of William Wilson Lamb and Margaret (Kerr) Lamb; married, September 7, 1857, to Sarah Anne Chaffee; grandson of William Boswell Lamb.
  Political family: Lamb family of Norfolk, Virginia.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
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