Baron Avebury

{{short description|Barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom}}

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.{{London Gazette| issue=27156 |page=427 |date=23 January 1900}} 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 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 on 9 April 1806 for John Lubbock,{{London Gazette |issue=15906 |date=1 April 1806 |page=422}} with remainder to his nephew John William, the son of William Lubbock. Lubbock was a successful merchant and banker in London. He was succeeded according to the special remainder by his nephew William, who became 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)

File:Escutcheon of the Lubbock Baronets of Lamas (1806).svg

Sir John Lubbock, 1st Baronet (1744–1816){{cite book |last1=Foster |first1=Joseph |title=The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire |date=1883 |publisher=Nichols and Sons |location=Westminster |pages=395 |url=https://archive.org/details/peeragebaronetag02fost/page/395/mode/1up}}
Sir John William Lubbock, 2nd Baronet (1773–1840)
Sir John William Lubbock, 3rd Baronet (1803–1865)
Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet (1834–1913) (created Baron Avebury in 1900){{Who's Who |title=Avebury 1st Baron cr 1900 (John Lubbock) (Bt 1806) |id=U183351}}

=Baron Avebury (1900)=

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834–1913)
John Birkbeck Lubbock, 2nd Baron Avebury (1858–1929){{Who's Who |title=Avebury 2nd Baron cr 1900 (John Birkbeck Lubbock) (Bt cr 1806) |id=U205482}}
John Lubbock, 3rd Baron Avebury (1915–1971){{Who's Who |title=Avebury 3rd Baron cr 1900 (John Lubbock) (Bt cr 1806) |id=U151894}}
Eric Reginald Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury (1928–2016){{Who's Who |title=Avebury 4th Baron cr 1900 (Eric Reginald Lubbock) (Bt 1806) |id=U6033}}
Lyulph Ambrose Jonathan Lubbock, 5th Baron Avebury (born 1954){{Who's Who |title=Avebury 5th Baron cr 1900, of Avebury Wilts (Lyulph Ambrose Jonathan Lubbock) (Bt 1806) |id=U286933}}

The heir apparent is his only son, the Hon. Alexander Lyulph Robert Lubbock (born 1985).

=Title succession chart=

{{chart top|width=100%|Title succession chart, Lubbock baronets and Barons Avebury}}

{{chart| | | | | | | | | | | | |RWL|RWL=Rev.
William Lubbock
1701–1754}}

{{chart| | | | | | | | |SJL1Bt| |WL|SJL1Bt=Sir John Lubbock, 1st Baronet
1744–1816|WL=William Lubbock
1746–1823}}

{{chart| | | | | | | | | | | | |SJL2Bt|SJL2Bt=Sir John Lubbock
2nd Baronet
1773–1840}}

{{chart| | | | | | | | | | | | |SJL3Bt|SJL3Bt=Sir John Lubbock
3rd Baronet
1803–1865}}

{{chart| | | | | | | | | | | | |JL1B|JL1B=John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
4th Baronet
1834–1913}}

{{chart| | | | |JL2B| |HNL| |HRL| |HHL| |CHEL| |HML|JL2B=John Lubbock, 2nd Baron Avebury
1858–1929|HNL=Hon.
Norman Lubbock
1861–1926|HRL=Hon.
Rolfe Lubbock
1865–1909|HHL=Hon.
Harold Lubbock
1888–1918|CHEL=Capt. Hon.
{{nowrap|Eric Lubbock}}
1893–1917|HML=Hon.
Maurice Lubbock
1900–1957}}

{{chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |JL3B| | | | | |EL4B|JL3B=John Lubbock, 3rd Baron Avebury
1915–1971|EL4B=Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury
1928–2016}}

{{chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |LL5B|LL5B=Lyulph Lubbock
5th Baron Avebury
born 1954}}

{{chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |HAL|HAL=Hon.
Alexander Lubbock
born 1985}}

Notes

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Lubbock baronets|creation=of Lamas|years=9 April 1806}}

Category:Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Category:Noble titles created in 1900

Category:Peerages created for UK MPs