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Sir John William Lubbock, 2nd Baronet FRS (26 August 1774 – 22 October 1840) was an English
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. Born on 27 December 1773, as the only surviving son of William Lubbock of Lamas, Norfolk to Anne, daughter of Thomas Woodrow of Hobis, Norfolk. He was educated in
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, 1786–91. On 1 August 1799, he married Mary, daughter of James Entwistle, merchant, of Rusholme, Manchester, Lancashire. His uncle and mentor was Sir John Lubbock, the 1st Baronet, who in 1772 became a partner in the London bank of Lemon, Buller, Finlay and Lubbock first at No 14 Abchurch Lane, then of Mansion House Street. In 1785 the partnership changed to Forster, Lubbock and Bosanquet and in 1801 to Forster, Lubbock, Forster and Clarke. Finally in 1814 it was Lubbock & Co., of which John William Lubbock, the principal's nephew, became the second partner. He succeeded his uncle to the baronetage upon the latter's death on 24 February 1816. Lubbock chaired the family bank Lubbock & Company. He was ultimately succeeded by his son John William Lubbock (FRS 1829), who later oversaw the merger in 1860 of Lubbock & Co. with Roberts & Co., becoming Roberts, Lubbock & Company. Lubbock was the
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(MP) for
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from 1812 to 1820. He was grandfather of
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 ...
(FRS 1858) and great-grandfather of
Basil Lubbock Alfred Basil Lubbock MC (9 September 1876 – 3 September 1944 at Monks Orchard, Seaford) was a British historian, sailor and soldier. He was a prolific writer on the last generation of commercial sailing vessels in the Age of Sail. He was an e ...
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lubbock, John, 2nd Baronet 1774 births 1840 deaths English bankers Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs 1818–1820 Fellows of the Royal Society
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