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Sir Nevile Lubbock (31 March 1839 – 12 September 1914) was President of the

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and an English amateur

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er. Lubbock was born on 31 March 1839 in

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, the third son of

Sir John Lubbock 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 fam ...

and his wife Lady Harriet.Sir Neville Lubbock KMCG
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'', 1915. Retrieved 2018-12-15.Nevile Lubbock

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. Retrieved 2018-12-15.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 340–341.
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. Retrieved 2020-12-21.) He was educated at

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from the age of nine, leaving Eton when he was 15 to join his father's business in the City of London.Death of Sir N. Lubbock, ''

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'', 14 September 1914, p.2.
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at The Times Digital Archive . Retrieved 2020-08-03.)Stapylton HEC (1884) ''Eton school lists from 1791 to 1877'', p.245. Eton: Ingalton Drake.
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Retrieved 2018-12-15.) In 1862 he joined the firm of Cavan Brothers and Company who were West India merchants, it started a lifetime of connection to the West Indies. He was a pioneer in the introduction of sugar cane-farming in Trinidad and in 1887 he was invited by the British Government to attend the first Colonial Conference. He was knighted in 1889 and became President of the

, a role he fulfilled from 1909 until 1914. He was a governor of the

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and a company director. Despite leaving Eton too young to have played in the cricket team, Lubbock played six

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matches between 1858 and 1860. He made his first-class debut in July 1858, playing for

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against

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. As well as four appearances for Gentlemen of Kent, Lubbock played twice for

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in 1860. He played in non-first-class for Eton Ramblers and Gentlemen of West KentNeville Lubbock
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'' obituary as "a good steady batsman". Most of his brothers also played cricket, often for Gentlemen of West Kent, with two,

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and

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, also playing for Kent. His oldest brother, John, became the first Baron Avebury in 1900. Lubbock was married twice, first to Charlotte Wood with whom he had seven sons and three daughters. After her death in 1878 he married Constance Hershel in 1880, having another son and six daughters. He died suddenly on 12 September 1914 at his home Oakley Park at

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. He was aged 75.

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