Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury

Who they were

Personal life Lubbock married twice: Kina-Maria O'Kelly de Gallagh (married 2 September 1953; divorced 1983) Lyulph Ambrose Jonathan Lubbock, 5th Baron Avebury (born 15 June 1954); married Susan MacDonald 14 May 1977, with issue. Maurice Patrick Guy Lubbock (born 5 November 1955); married Diana Tobin 1982, with issue. Victoria Sarah Maria Lubbock (born 27 April 1959); married Alan Binnie 1983, with issue.

Eric Reginald Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, was an English politician and human rights campaigner. He served as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Orpington from 1962 to 1970. He then served in the House of Lords, having inherited the title of Baron Avebury in 1971, until his death. In 1999, when most hereditary peers were removed from the House of Lords, he was elected by his fellow Liberal Democrats to remain. When he died, he was the longest serving Liberal Democrat peer.

Early life

Educated at: Balliol College, Harrow School, and Upper Canada College.

Early life and career A descendant of William Lubbock (1701–1754), he was born in Chelsea, London , the son of Maurice Fox Pitt Lubbock (the sixth son of John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury ) and Mary Katherine Adelaide Stanley, daughter of Arthur Stanley, 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley . [ 1 ] Lubbock was educated at Upper Canada College , an all-boys private school in Toronto, Canada, and at Harrow School , an all-boys public school in London. He read Engineering Science at Balliol College, Oxford . [

Path and career

Awards / honours: Secularist of the Year.

Why this date

Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury appears on our February 14 calendar for 2016 as a death entry.