Alexander Byron Lamberton (February 28, 1839 – May 24, 1919) was an American politician, conservationist and lumberman.

[6] Lamberton was ordained a minister in 1869 and served as pastor of the Tompkins Avenue Church in Brooklyn for two years.

He then pursued a planing mill and lumber yard at Exchange and Spring streets in Rochester until around 1864.

[1][4][7] He served as director and the first vice president of the East Side Savings Bank for several years.

He also served as a founding trustee, director, and a member of the executive committee of the Genesee Valley Trust Company.

In 1881, it was reported he was a potential opponent to incumbent state senator Edmund L. Pitts.

He was elected as president of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce on June 8, 1901, serving for one term.

[1][2] He helped influence the erection of the swing bridge over the canal on Exchange street.

He was vice president of the National Association for the Protection of Game and was chairman of the committee on nomenclature.

He traveled to the Adirondacks, Switzerland, Troy, Messina, Syria, Babylon, and Asia Minor.

[7] His sister-in-law Mary A. Starbuck gifted US$20,000 to name a conservatory at the entrance of Highland Park after Lamberton.