CHAPTER I 



THE LUBBOCK FAMILY 



The following are Lord Avebury's own notes, 

 relative to the family origin : 



The name Lubbock, spelt De Lubyck, first 

 appears on a Close Roll of 12 & 14 Edwd. II. ; 

 but this spelling was an exception. The family 

 appear from time immemorial to have formed 

 a small clan in one district. " Although," says 

 Mr. Birkbeck in his history of the family, " the 

 name of Lubbock is to be found at an early 

 period in many Norfolk parishes, they appear 

 to have been chiefly settled in a group of 

 parishes a few miles from Cromer, viz. Hanworth, 

 Calthorpe, Wickmere, Alby, Thurgarton and 

 Aldborough." x 



Mr. Birkbeck seems to think that the Lubbocks 

 were of Saxon origin, but this is more than 

 doubtful. The name is of great interest. By 

 far the greater number of our family names are 

 either Celtic or Teutonic. Lubbock is one of 

 the few exceptions. The authorities of the 

 British Museum looked into the matter and came 

 to the conclusion that no Teutonic or Celtic 



1 Robert Birkbeck, Notes on the History and Genealogy of the Family 

 Lubbock. 



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