John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
(1834-1913), Banker, scientist, writer and politician; MP for Maidstone and London UniversitySitter in 24 portraits
Born into an established banking family, he served as its head from 1865 until his death. He also had a lifelong enthusiasm for natural history, receiving informal instruction from Charles Darwin, a friend and neighbour. Lubbock became a leading scientific writer, furthering Darwin's theory of natural selection in publications including Pre-Historic Times as Illustrated by Ancient Remains and The Origins & Metamorphosis of Insects and British Wild Flowers. Elected Liberal MP for Maidstone, he became famous for the Bank Holiday Bill of 1871, creating four new national holidays in addition to Christmas Day and Good Friday. Equally significant was his statutory protection of ancient monuments.
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
by George Richmond
chalk, 1869
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John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, 1865
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John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1877
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John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
by Lock & Whitfield
woodburytype, 1877 or before
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John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
by Herbert Rose Barraud
albumen cabinet card, 1880s
NPG x27769
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Eglington & Co
carbon print, published 1889
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John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Eglington & Co
carbon print, published 1889
NPG x137
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
by Herbert Rose Barraud
carbon print, 1889 or before
NPG Ax8704
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury and family
by Edgar Davey Lavender
bromide print, early 1890s
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John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
by York & Son, probably after Francis Henry Hart, for Elliott & Fry
glass lantern slide, 1890s (circa 1890)
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John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
by Francis Henry Hart, for Elliott & Fry
albumen print, circa 1890
NPG x9058
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
by Francis Henry Hart, for Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, circa 1890
NPG x135531
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
by Francis Henry Hart, for Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1890
NPG x135649
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
by Unknown photographer
snapshot print, 1900s
NPG x26099
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
by Unknown photographer
halftone reproduction, 1900s
NPG x138
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
by Reginald Haines
bromide print, published 1913
NPG x134976
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
by George B. Black
lithograph, 1871
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John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
by George B. Black
lithograph, 1871
NPG D7452
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
by Faustin Betbeder ('Faustin')
chromolithograph?, circa 1874
NPG D10932
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury ('Statesmen. No. 267.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 23 February 1878
NPG D43837
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
by Moritz Klinkicht, supplement to the Illustrated London News, after Francis Henry Hart, for Elliott & Fry
wood engraving, published 15 February 1890
NPG D37474
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, (1896)
NPG D20741
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
after Henry Tanworth Wells
collotype, 1896
NPG D9607
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax38751
Related People
- Alice Augusta Laurentia Lane (née Fox-Pitt-Rivers), Lady Avebury (wife)
- John Lubbock, 3rd Baron Avebury (grandson)
- Ursula Grant Duff (née Lubbock) (daughter)
- Harold Fox Pitt Lubbock (son)
- Irene Pelham (née Lubbock) (daughter)
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