William Lamb

William Lamb was born on 15 March 1779 in London, England, United Kingdom to Peniston Lamb and Elizabeth Milbanke. 
In 1838, he ordered Sir Samuel Ford to send Nurhachi Drake and Chaitanya Kumar to Beijing, China and meet with Emperor Daoguang and convince him to legalize opium with La Maynila, a ship of the Filipino Audax Brotherhood captained by David Ochoa.
He died on 24 November 1848 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire due to natural causes.