Baron Rochester, of Rochester in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. It was created in 1931 for the Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 and National Labour politician, Ernest Lamb

Ernest Lamb, 1st Baron Rochester

Ernest Henry Lamb, 1st Baron Rochester, CMG was a British Liberal and National Labour politician who served as Paymaster-General from 1931 to 1935 in the National Government of Ramsay Macdonald....

. He served as Paymaster-General

Paymaster-General

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 from 1931 to 1935. the title is held by his son, the second Baron, who succeeded in 1955.

The Hon. Tim Lamb

Tim Lamb

Timothy Michael Lamb was an English County Cricketer and Cricket Administrator, the first Chief Executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board and is now Chief Executive of the Sport and Recreation Alliance .He was educated at Shrewsbury School and The Queen's College, Oxford University...

, Chief Executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board

England and Wales Cricket Board

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 from 1997 to 2004, is the younger son of the second Baron Rochester.

Barons Rochester (1931)

• Ernest Henry Lamb, 1st Baron Rochester
  Ernest Lamb, 1st Baron Rochester
  Ernest Henry Lamb, 1st Baron Rochester, CMG was a British Liberal and National Labour politician who served as Paymaster-General from 1931 to 1935 in the National Government of Ramsay Macdonald....
  
  (1876–1955)
• Foster Charles Lowry Lamb, 2nd Baron Rochester (b. 1916)