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JOHN LUBBOCK, BABON AVEBUEY— 1834-1913. 



The first Lord Avebury, for many years better known as Sir J ohn Lubbock, 

 died on May 28 last, in his 80th year. He was the eldest son of the third 

 Baronet and Harriet, daughter of Captain Hotharn, of York. He was 

 educated at Eton, but left at an early age to join his father in the family 

 bank. He married firstly Ellen the eldest child of Peter Hordern, and some 

 years after her death, in 1879, Alice Augusta Laurentia, daughter of the late 

 General A. A. Lane-Fox Pitt-Eivers, and grand-daughter of the second Baron 

 Stanley of Alderley. In 1865, he succeeded his father as fourth baronet, five 

 years later he became Member of Parliament for Maidstone, and held this 

 seat until 1880, when he was elected representative of the University of 

 London. This seat he held until 1900, the date when he was removed to 

 " another place," as Baron Avebury. 



Lord Avebury took an active but restricted part in politics. His most 

 prominent efforts were directed to the establishment of Bank Holidays, but 

 he devoted much time and attention to educational questions and social 

 reform. Without having had a University training he was yet peculiarly 

 fitted to be a representative of a University, being a man of wide culture 

 as well as a very competent man of business. For many years he was 

 head of the great banking company, Eobarts, Lubbock and Co., and by 

 his tireless activity and ceaseless care for detail, he became a very prominent 

 man in City circles. This attention to detail and his knowledge of procedure 

 made him an admirable President ; and, indeed, he seems to have presided 

 over nearly every scientific society and countless mercantile associations. 

 At various dates he was President of the British Association (J ubilee Year), 

 the Entomological Society, the Ethnological Society, the Linnean Society, the 

 Anthropological Institute, the Eay Society, the Statistical Society, the African 

 Society, the Society of Antiquaries, and the Eoyal Microscopical Society. 

 He was also the first President of the International Institute of Sociology, 

 the President of the International Association of Prehistoric Archaeology, the 

 International Association of Zoology, the International Library Association, 

 the London University Extension Society, and the first President of the 

 Institute of Bankers, President of the London Chamber of Commerce, and 

 of the Central Association of Bankers. 



For eight years he was Vice- Chancellor of the University of London, and 

 he was also Principal of the Working Men's College. He sat on many a 

 Eoyal Commission, and left his mark on those on the Advancement of Science, 

 on Public Schools, on International Coinage, on Gold and Silver, and on 

 Education. He was perhaps less happy as President of the Committee 

 which selected the designs for our present coinage. 



