John Lamb (Australian politician)

John Lamb (1790 – 17 January 1862) was an English-born Australian politician.

He was born in Penrith in England, the son of a Captain Lamb. At the age of eleven he joined the navy and became a midshipman, rising to the rank of lieutenant in 1808. He retired from active duty in 1814, and was in charge of convict transport and merchant ships between 1815 and 1828. In March 1823 he married Emma Trant; they would have fourteen children. He settled in Sydney in 1829, and ran a woollen brokers and shipping agents firm. A strong opponent of continued convict transportation, he served in the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1844 to 1851, 1851 to 1853 and 1857 to 1861. Lamb died at Darlinghurst in 1862.