John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, 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
Woodburytype print of Lord Avebury in middle age
Lubbock portrayed in Strand Magazine, 1891
Kingsgate Castle in Kent was rebuilt by Lord Avebury. He sought legal protection for heritage buildings.
Pages from a book of obituary cuttings following the death of Sir John Lubbock in 1913
John Birkbeck Lubbock, 2nd Baron Avebury, was a British aristocrat and banker.
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
…Pitt Rivers . He rebuilt Kingsgate Castle, near Broadstairs in Kent, as his family home, where he died in 1913. He was succeeded by his eldest son, John. He was buried in St Giles the Abbott Church, in Farnborough, Kent. Three years later, his remains were disinterred and placed in a family burial ground…
John Lubbock, 2nd Baron Avebury