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Sir Norman Lamont, 2nd Baronet (7 September 1869 – 3 September 1949) was a Scottish Liberal Party politician and a recognised authority on agriculture. ==Family and education== Norman Lamont was the son of Sir James Lamont Bt and Adelaide, daughter of Sir George Denys Bt. Sir James Lamont was variously a professional soldier, serving as an ensign in the 91st Argyllshire Highlanders, an Arctic yachtsman, making and recording details of voyages to Spitsbergen and Novaya Zemlya and a Member of Parliament. He represented Buteshire as a Liberal from 1865–68. Norman Lamont had a brother, Alexander Lamont, a lieutenant in the Gordon Highlanders who was killed at Dargai in 1907 and a sister.〔The Times, 30 July 1913 p11〕 Lamont was educated at Winchester and the Downton Agricultural College, near Salisbury where he received his certificate in 1890.〔''Who was Who'', OUP 2007〕 He took a strong interest in agricultural affairs throughout his whole life〔The Times, 6 September 1949 p7〕 and was published in the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society.〔The Times, 19 April 1909 p3〕 The Lamont family was wealthy. Sir James had been left a fortune by an uncle who died in 1849.〔A G E Jones, ''Sir James Lamont'' in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''; OUP 2004–09〕 The family owned a substantial estate at Knockdow in Argyll.〔The Times, 4 August 1924 p11〕 This wealth enabled Sir James to indulge his sporting, exploration and political interests and also provided for his son Norman to follow the family political tradition. Norman succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's death in 1913. He never married and he left no heir.〔''Who was Who'', OUP 2007〕 Lamont took an interest in the history of Scotland and specifically of the Clan Lamont, serving as its President in 1938. The report of the first general meeting of the Clan Lamont published in 1897 contains a lecture by Norman Lamont on ''Sketches of the history of Clan Lamont from the earliest times till 1663''; ten pamphlets by Sir Norman Lamont (and from his library) put together to make an integral volume.〔http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/N1MJ5L3R8NJAT98362NP13FLX6I576VARF47C64YQ6L2HJS7VS-76487?func=full-set-set&set_number=073261&set_entry=000002&format=999〕 Lamont also addressed later meetings of Clan Lamont in Glasgow and a history of the Clan was published after his death using his writings and addresses. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sir Norman Lamont, 2nd Baronet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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