Baron Avebury, of

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in the County of

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, is a title in the

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. It was created 22 January 1900 for the banker, politician and archaeologist Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. On his death the titles passed to his nephew, the third Baron. He was the son of Harold Fox Pitt Lubbock, fourth son of the first Baron, who died in 1971. The title then passed to the third Baron's first cousin, the fourth Baron, the son of Maurice Fox Pitt Lubbock, sixth son of the first Baron. The fourth baron was a

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politician and one of the ninety excepted hereditary peers who remained in the

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after the passing of the

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. He was succeeded by his son, the fifth Baron, in 2016. The Lubbock Baronetcy, of

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, was created in the

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on 9 April 1806 for John Lubbock, with remainder to his nephew John William, the son of William Lubbock. Lubbock was a successful merchant and banker in

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. He was succeeded according to the special remainder by his nephew William, the second Baronet. He was also a banker. His grandson, the aforementioned fourth Baronet, was elevated to the peerage as Baron Avebury in 1900.

Lubbock Baronets, of Lamas (1806)

Sir John Lubbock, 1st Baronet Sir John Lubbock, 1st Baronet (bapt 20 August 1744 – 24 February 1816) was an eminent English banker. Lubbock was also a merchant and Member of Parliament. He was the first son of a Cambridge don, the Reverend William Lubbock of Lammas, Nor ...

(1744–1816) *

Sir John Lubbock, 2nd Baronet Sir John William Lubbock, 2nd Baronet FRS (26 August 1774 – 22 October 1840) was an English banker. Born on 27 December 1773, as the only surviving son of William Lubbock of Lamas, Norfolk to Anne, daughter of Thomas Woodrow of Hobis, Norfo ...

(1773–1840) *

Sir John Lubbock, 3rd Baronet Sir John William Lubbock, 3rd Baronet FRS (26 March 1803 – 21 June 1865) was an English banker, barrister, mathematician and astronomer. Life He was born in Westminster, the son of Sir John William Lubbock, of the Lubbock & Co bank. He w ...

(1803–1865) * Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet (1834–1913) (created Baron Avebury in 1900)

Barons Avebury (1900)

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, 4th Baronet, (30 April 183428 May 1913), known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet from 1865 until 1900, was an English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath. Lubbock worked in his fa ...

(1834–1913) * John Birkbeck Lubbock, 2nd Baron Avebury (1858–1929) *

John Lubbock, 3rd Baron Avebury John Lubbock, 3rd Baron Avebury (13 May 1915 – 21 June 1971) was an English peer. He was the son of Harold Fox Pitt Lubbock and a grandson of John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury. His sister, Moyra, was married to broadcaster Dorian Williams from 1 ...

(1915–1971) * Eric Reginald Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury (1928–2016) * Lyulph Ambrose Jonathan Lubbock, 5th Baron Avebury (b. 1954) The heir apparent is his only son Alexander Lyulph Robert Lubbock (b. 1985)

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