The Lamb Baronetcy, of Brocket Hall in the County of Hertford, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 17 January 1755.
The Burges family settled near Reading during the reign of Henry VIII; the surname is claimed to derive from Bruges in Flanders.
Colonel Roger Burges held the town of Faringdon for the king during the English Civil War (1642–1651) and was later captured at the Battle of Naseby.
After his release he became commander of Castle Cornet, the last Royalist garrison to surrender to Cromwell after the 1651 Battle of Worcester.
He was eventually succeeded by George Burges (1723–1786) who was military secretary and aide-de-camp to Major General Humphrey Bland.