Background
Harold Mortimer-Lamb was born in Leatherhead, Surrey England on 21 May 1872.
Harold Mortimer-Lamb was born in Leatherhead, Surrey England on 21 May 1872.
He came to Canada in 1889, settling in British Columbia (British Columbia). Most of his professional life was in the mining industry of Canada. He did, however, become interested in photography early on, specializing in soft focus romantic portraits.
He worked for the Bureau of Information for the British Columbia Government.
He became Secretary-Treasurer of the Provincial Mining Association of British Columbia Secretary of the Canadian Mining Institute and served on the staff of the Department of Mines in Ottawa.
He was the founding editor of the British Columbia Mining Record. Mortimer-Lamb was appointed Secretary of the Canadian Mining Institute in the early 1900s which required him to relocate to Montreal.