Lamb was born in Stockport, Cheshire, the son of John Lamb and his wife Elizabeth, "née" Rangeley, the latter a foreman in a cotton mill, who had gained some distinction by an invention for the improvement of spinning machines.
Lamb was born at Stockport, Cheshire, the son of John Lamb and his wife Elizabeth, "née" Rangeley. His father John Lamb, was a foreman in a cotton mill, who had gained some distinction by an invention for the improvement of spinning machines.