688 Nathaniel Lambert

Constituency : Buckinghamshire  1868-80  

Nathaniel  captured  one  of  the  three  Buckinghamshire  seats  for  the  Liberals  that  had  been  lost  in  1863.

Nathaniel  was  a  privately  educated  mineowner. He  was  captain  commandant  of  the  Buckinghamshire  Yeomanry  from  1863  to  its  disbandment  in  1871.

In  1869  and  1870   Nathaniel  made   speeches  in  favour  of  reducing  the  national  debt  during  peacetime. In  1872 he  moved  for  a  select  committee  to  look  at  ministerial  salaries. He  also  called  for  majority  verdicts  in  Irish  trials  to  increase  the  conviction  rate.

He  died  in  1882  aged  71.