Lamb was born in 1752, the son of Thomas Lamb, many times mayor of Rye, Sussex, and his wife Dorothy Eyles, daughter of the Rev. George Eyles, vicar of Turk Dean. ==Family==
Family
In 1774, Lamb married Elizabeth Davis, daughter of William Davis of Rye. They had three sons and two daughters. Their daughter (Martha) Sabina married Antonio Caccia (1801–1867) in 1829 from Milan, a political exile. == References ==