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John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury. John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, 4th Baronet, PC, DL, FRS, FRAI (30 April 1834 – 28 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 family company as a banker but made significant ...
He largely rebuilt the family home of High Elms, [4] near Downe village in Kent.His property was on the other side of the village to the land belonging to Down House, and when Charles Darwin and Emma Darwin were house-hunting in 1842, Darwin told his sister all about Down House, noting that Lubbock was the owner of 3,000 acres (12 km 2) and was building a grand house nearby.
Sir John Lubbock, 1st Baronet (bapt 20 August 1744 – 24 February 1816) was an 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 Lamas, Norfolk, by Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Cooper of North Walsham, Norfolk. He married Elizabeth Christiana ...
Sir John William Lubbock, 2nd Baronet FRS (baptised 26 August 1774 – died 22 October 1840 [1] ), was an English banker . Born on 27 December 1773, as the only surviving son of William Lubbock of Lamas, Norfolk, and Anne Woodrow, daughter of Thomas Woodrow of Hobis, Norfolk. He was educated in Charterhouse, 1786–91.
Baron Avebury. John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury. Baron Avebury, of Avebury in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created 22 January 1900 for the banker, politician and archaeologist Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet. [1] He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron.
October 9, 2024 at 7:30 AM. Rep. John Alcala, D-Topeka, is running for reelection in House District 57 against Seaman School District USD 345 board member Donna McGinty, a Republican. The district ...
The Rev. William Lubbock died on 20 April 1754 and was buried on 23 April 1754 in the churchyard of his home town, North Walsham. Lubbock's elder son, John, was created a baronet, and his great-great-grandson, Sir John Lubbock, fourth baronet, was created Baron Avebury. His descendants include Sir John Lubbock, 1st Baronet, Sir John William ...
John Lubbock, 3rd Baron Avebury (13 May 1915 – 21 June 1971), was an English hereditary peer and member of the House of Lords. 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 1938 to 1949. He succeeded his uncle, John Lubbock, 2nd ...