William Frederick Lambert
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly & Queensland Legislative Council
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| Intro | Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly & Queensland Legislative Council | |
| Places | Australia | |
| was | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | December 1834 | |
| Death | 1908Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia (aged 73 years) |
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William Frederick Lambert (December 1834 – 20 August 1908) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council.
Lambert was born in Ballyvolane, County Cork, Ireland in 1834 to William Lambert and his wife Eliza (née Furlong). He arrived in Australia in 1858 and by 1866 he had founded the Laurel Bank Boiling Down Works in Rockhampton, Queensland.
Lambert was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council in 1872 and served for over twenty nine years before resigning in 1901. He died in Rockhampton in 1908 and was buried in Rockhampton General Cemetery.