Baron Avebury, of
Avebury in the County of
Wiltshire
Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershire ...
, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union 1800, Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the ...
. It was created 22 January 1900 for the banker, politician and archaeologist
Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. On his death the titles passed to his nephew, the third Baron. He was the son of Harold Fox Pitt Lubbock, fourth son of the first Baron, who died in 1971. The title then passed to the third Baron's first cousin, the fourth Baron, the son of Maurice Fox Pitt Lubbock, sixth son of the first Baron. The fourth baron was a
Liberal Democrat politician and one of the ninety
excepted hereditary peers who remained in the
House of Lords
The House of Lords, also known as the House of Peers, is the Bicameralism, upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Membership is by Life peer, appointment, Hereditary peer, heredity or Lords Spiritual, official function. Like the ...
after the passing of the
House of Lords Act 1999. He was succeeded by his son, the fifth Baron, in 2016.
The Lubbock Baronetcy, of
Lamas, was created in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain.
Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
James I of E ...
on 9 April 1806 for
John Lubbock,
with remainder to his nephew John William, the son of William Lubbock. Lubbock was a successful merchant and banker in
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
. He was succeeded according to the special remainder by his nephew William, the second Baronet. He was also a banker. His grandson, the aforementioned fourth Baronet, was elevated to the peerage as Baron Avebury in 1900.
Lubbock Baronets, of Lamas (1806)
*
Sir John Lubbock, 1st Baronet
Sir John Lubbock, 1st Baronet (bapt 20 August 1744 – 24 February 1816) was an eminent 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 Lammas, No ...
(1744–1816)
*
Sir John Lubbock, 2nd Baronet
Sir John William Lubbock, 2nd Baronet FRS (26 August 1774 – 22 October 1840) was an English banker.
Born on 27 December 1773, as the only surviving son of William Lubbock of Lamas, Norfolk to Anne, daughter of Thomas Woodrow of Hobis, Norfo ...
(1773–1840)
*
Sir John Lubbock, 3rd Baronet (1803–1865)
*
Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet (1834–1913) (created Baron Avebury in 1900)
Barons Avebury (1900)
*
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834–1913)
*
John Birkbeck Lubbock, 2nd Baron Avebury (1858–1929)
*
John Lubbock, 3rd Baron Avebury
John Lubbock, 3rd Baron Avebury (13 May 1915 – 21 June 1971) was an English peer.
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 19 ...
(1915–1971)
*
Eric Reginald Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury (1928–2016)
*
Lyulph Ambrose Jonathan Lubbock, 5th Baron Avebury (b. 1954)
The heir apparent is his only son Alexander Lyulph Robert Lubbock (b. 1985)
Notes
References
*
*
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Avebury
Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1900
Noble titles created for UK MPs
*