John Lubbock, 3rd Baron Avebury (13 May 1915 – 21 June 1971), was an English

hereditary peer The hereditary peers form part of the peerage in the United Kingdom. As of April 2025, there are 800 hereditary peers: 30 dukes (including six royal dukes), 34 marquesses, 189 earls, 108 viscounts, and 439 barons (not counting subsidiary ...

and member of the

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. He was the son of Harold Fox Pitt Lubbock and a grandson of

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (30 April 1834 – 28 May 1913), known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet, from 1865 until 1900, was an English banker, Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath. Lubbock worked ...

. His sister Moyra was married to broadcaster Dorian Williams from 1938 to 1949. He succeeded his uncle, John Lubbock, 2nd Baron Avebury, as Baron Avebury in 1929. He was married three times: * 1) Cecily Kathleen Sparrow (24 February 1938; divorced 1943) * 2) Diana Margaret Mary Westcott (31 July 1946; divorced 1955) **One daughter: Emma Rachel Lubbock (born 16 April 1952); married Michael Charles Page (23 July 1977) *** Two granddaughters: Sophie Page (born 1982) and Natasha Diana Page (born 1984) * 3) Betty Gay Ingham (22 December 1955, died 2005) Lord Avebury died in 1971, aged 56, was buried with an “elaborate memorial” in St. Giles Church yard, and was succeeded by his first cousin

Eric Lubbock Eric Reginald Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury (29 September 1928 – 14 February 2016), was an English politician and human rights campaigner. He served as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Orpington from 1962 to 1970. He then served in the House ...

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