Nathaniel Lambert

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} '''Nathaniel Grace Lambert''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|JP|DL}} (1811 – 9 December 1882) was an English mine-owner and [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] politician who sat in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] from 1868 to 1880.

Lambert was the son of Richard Lambert of Newcastle upon Tyne and his wife Achsah Grace, daughter of Nathaniel Grace. He was educated privately and became a mine-owner. He was captain-commandant of the Taplow Yeomanry Lancers<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22768|page=4325|date=4 September 1863}}</ref> and a [[Justice of the Peace|J.P.]] and [[deputy lieutenant]] for Buckinghamshire. In 1865 he was [[High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire]].<ref name=Debrett>[https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1870londuoft#page/166/mode/2up Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870]</ref>

At the [[1868 United Kingdom general election|1868 general election]] Lambert was elected as a [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Buckinghamshire]]. He held the seat until 1880.<ref>{{Rayment-hc|b|6|date=March 2012}}</ref>

Lambert died at the age of 71.

Lambert married Mary Ann Richards, daughter of Thomas Wright Richards of Rushden, Northamptonshire, in 1843.<ref name=Debrett/>

Their youngest daughter, Christina, married Lord [[Lord John Hay (Royal Navy officer, born 1827)|John Hay]] in 1876.<ref>{{cite book|last=Heathcote |first=Tony |title=The British Admirals of the Fleet 1734 – 1995 |publisher=Pen & Sword Ltd |page=111|year=2002 |isbn=0-85052-835-6}}</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{s-bef | before = [[Sir Robert Harvey, 1st Baronet, of Langley Park|Robert Harvey]] | before2 = [[Benjamin Disraeli]] | before3 = [[Caledon Du Pré]] }} {{s-ttl | title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Buckinghamshire]] | years = [[1868 United Kingdom general election|1868]]–[[1880 United Kingdom general election|1880]] | with = [[Caledon Du Pré]] to 1874 | with2 = [[Benjamin Disraeli]] to 1876 | with3 = [[Sir Robert Harvey, 1st Baronet, of Langley Park|Sir Robert Harvey, Bt]] from 1874 | with4 = [[Thomas Fremantle, 2nd Baron Cottesloe|Thomas Fremantle]] from 1876 }} {{s-aft | after = [[Rupert Carington, 4th Baron Carrington|Rupert Carington]] | after2 = [[Sir Robert Harvey, 1st Baronet, of Langley Park|Sir Robert Harvey, Bt]] | after3 = [[Thomas Fremantle, 2nd Baron Cottesloe|Thomas Fremantle]] }} {{s-end}}

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