Life Summary - John de Villiers Lamb - Australian Dictionary of Biography

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Lamb, John de Villiers (1833–1900)

	Lamb, John de Villiers (1833–1900)
Born	15 December 1833 Millers Point, Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
Died	25 March 1900 Darlinghurst, Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
Cultural Heritage	English
Religious Influence	Anglican
Related Entries [View as tree]	Lamb, John (father) Lamb, Walter (brother) Lamb, Edward William (brother) Smith, Thomas Whistler (brother-in-law) Dangar, Henry Cary (brother-in-law)
Occupation*	grazier (cattle) (1857-1900) New South Wales, Australia sheep breeder (1857-1900) New South Wales, Australia
Clubs*	Union Club (Sydney) (founding member, 1857-1900)
Key Events*	Royal Commission on tuberculosis and other stock diseases (NSW), 1899 (witness)
Key Organisations*	Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co Ltd (chairman) Australian Jockey Club (NSW) (committee member) Australian Kerosene Oil and Mineral Co (chairman) North Shore Gas Co (director) Sydney Grammar School (council member) Lamb, Parbury & Co (partner, 1857-1900) Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (founding member, 1862-1900) Commercial Banking Company of Sydney (London director, 1891-1899)
Properties*	Murroo (NSW) (co-owner, 1860-1900) Coomoo (NSW) (co-owner, 1862-1900) Grevilia (NSW) (co-owner, 1864-1900)

* Dates are approximate

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