Sir Charles Montolieu Lamb, 2nd Baronet

Sir Charles Montolieu Lamb, 2nd Baronet DCL (8 July 1785 – 21 March 1864), known until 1821 as Charles Burges, was a British courtier, writer, and soldier.

Early life Charles Burges was born on 8 July 1785 at Nantcribba Hall in the parish of Forden in the historic county of Montgomeryshire (now in Powys) as Charles Montolieu Burgess. He was the son of James Burges (who later changed his name to Lamb) and his wife Anne Montolieu, the third daughter of Lt.-Col. Louis Charles Montolieu, Baron of St Hippolite.

From 1847 until 1860, Lamb was the Grand Prior of the Order of Saint John in England.

Personal life On 30 June 1815, he married the widow Lady Mary Montgomerie (1787–1848), a daughter of Gen. Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglinton and, his second wife, the former Frances Twysden (a daughter of Sir William Twysden, 6th Baronet). Her first husband was her cousin, Maj.-Gen. Archibald Montgomerie, Lord Montgomerie (son of Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton), with whom she had a son, Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton. Before her death, they were the parents of:

Charles James Savile Montgomerie Lamb (–1856), who married Anne Charlotte Grey, a daughter of Arthur Grey. Her sister, Julia Helena Webster, was the wife of Sir Frederick Webster, a younger son of Sir Godfrey Webster, 5th Baronet.

Sir Charles died on 21 March 1860 at age 74 at Beauport Park, near Hastings, East Sussex. As his son predeceased him, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson, Archibald. His widow, Lady Lamb, died in 1884. and Sir Archibald Lamb, 3rd Baronet, who married Louisa Mary Caroline Durrant (a daughter of Sir Henry Durrant, 3rd Baronet).