Baron Avebury

Baron Avebury, of Avebury in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1900 for the banker, politician and archaeologist Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. On his death the titles passed to his nephew, the third Baron. He was the son of Hon. Harold Fox Pitt Lubbock, fourth son of the first Baron. As of 2010 the titles are held by his first cousin, the fourth Baron, who succeeded in 1971. He is the son of Hon. Maurice Fox Pitt Lubbock, sixth son of the first Baron. Lord Avebury is a Liberal Democrat politician and one of the ninety excepted hereditary peers who remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999.

The Lubbock Baronetcy, of Lammas, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 9 April 1806 for John Lubbock, with remainder to his nephew John William, the son of William Lubbock. Lubbock was a successful merchant and banker in London. He was succeeded according to the special remainder by his nephew William, the second Baronet. He was also a banker. His grandson, the aforementioned fourth Baronet, was elevated to the peerage as Baron Avebury in 1900.