Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury

Eric Reginald Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, PC (29 September 1928 – 14 February 2016) was an English politician.


The Lord Avebury

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Lord Avebury in 2006
Liberal Chief Whip
In office
1963 – 18 June 1970
LeaderJo Grimond
Jeremy Thorpe
Preceded byArthur Holt
Succeeded byDavid Steel
Member of the United Kingdom Parliament
for Orpington
In office
15 March 1962 – 18 June 1970
Preceded byDonald Sumner
Succeeded byIvor Stanbrook
Personal details
Born(1928-09-29)29 September 1928
Orpington, United Kingdom
Died14 February 2016(2016-02-14) (aged 87)
London, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
Liberal Democrat
Spouse(s)Kina-Maria O'Kelly de Gallagh
(m.1953-1983)
Lindsay Stewart
(m.1985-2016)
ChildrenLyulph
Maurice
Victoria
John
EducationUpper Canada College
Harrow School
Balliol College, Oxford
OccupationPolitician

He served as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Orpington from 1962 to 1970. He served in the House of Lords, having inherited the title of Baron Avebury in 1971. 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.

Lubbock died on 14 February 2016 in London from leukemia. He was aged 87.[1]

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