Baron Addington, of Addington in the County of Buckingham, is a title in the

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. It was created on 22 July 1887 for the businessman and

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, John Hubbard. He was head of the firm of John Hubbard & Co and also sat as a Member of Parliament for

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and the

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. His eldest son, the second Baron, was a partner in the family firm and represented

in the

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as a Conservative. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the third Baron. He was three times Mayor of Buckingham. On the death of his younger brother, the fourth Baron, the line of the eldest son of the first Baron failed. The title passed to their first cousin once removed, the fifth Baron. He was the grandson of Cecil John Hubbard, third son of the first Baron. , the title is held by his eldest son, the sixth Baron. He is one of the ninety elected

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s that remain in the

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after the passing of the House of Lords Act of 1999. Lord Addington sits on the Liberal Democrat benches.

Barons Addington (1887)

* John Gellibrand Hubbard, 1st Baron Addington (1805–1889) * Egerton Hubbard, 2nd Baron Addington (1842–1915) *

John Gellibrand Hubbard, 3rd Baron Addington Major John Gellibrand Hubbard, 3rd Baron Addington OBE TD, JP (7 June 1883 – 20 June 1966) was a British Peer. Life Hubbard was the eldest son of Egerton Hubbard, 2nd Baron Addington, and succeeded to the Barony on the death of his father i ...

(1883–1966) *

Raymond Egerton Hubbard, 4th Baron Addington Raymond Egerton Hubbard, 4th Baron Addington (11 November 1884 – 17 August 1971) was a British Peer. The son of Egerton Hubbard, 2nd Baron Addington, he succeeded the Barony on the death of his elder brother, who had died without a male heir. ...

(1884–1971) * James Hubbard, 5th Baron Addington (1930–1982) * Dominic Bryce Hubbard, 6th Baron Addington (born 1963) The

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is the present holder's younger brother, Michael Hubbard (born 1965).
The heir presumptive's

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is his son, Oliver James Ononye Hubbard (born 2003).

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* * * *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Addington Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1887 Noble titles created for UK MPs