Hugh Gemmell Lamb-Smith Gemmell Lamb-Smith was born on 31 March 1889, at Cheltenham, Victoria. and died on 26 December 1951, at his home in East St Kilda, Victoria. His father, William Lamb-Smith (1846–1910), born in Renfrewshire, Scotland in 1846, was a Justice of the Peace, and a prominent auctioneer and land developer in the outskirts of Melbourne. He was also, among many things: a Councillor of the Moorabbin Shire Council from 1899 until 1902 (when, due to his move from Beaumaris to Armadale, he was no longer residentially qualified to serve), and served as its President in 1893; President of the Cheltenham Lawn
Lamb baronets Lamb baronets There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Lamb, both in the Baronetage of Great Britain. Both creations are extinct. The Lamb Baronetcy, of Brocket Hall in the County of Hertford, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 17 January 1755. For more information on this creation, see Viscount Melbourne. The Burges, later Lamb Baronetcy, of Burghfield in the County of Berkshire, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 21 October 1795 for the poet and politician James Burges. He married as his first wife Elizabeth Noel, daughter of Edward Noel,