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unusual facts about Sir John Lubbock, 1st Baronet



1865 in archaeology

John Lubbock publishes Pre-historic Times, as Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages, including his coinage of the term Palæolithic.

Bank holiday

In 1871, the first legislation relating to bank holidays was passed when Liberal politician and banker Sir John Lubbock introduced the Bank Holidays Act 1871, which specified the days in the table below.

Baron Avebury

It was created in 1900 for the banker, politician and archaeologist Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet.

Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet (1834–1913) (created Baron Avebury in 1900)

Bridgeman baronets

The Bridgeman Baronetcy, of Ridley in the County of Chester, was created on 12 November 1773 for Orlando Bridgeman, Member of Parliament for Horsham and younger son of the 1st Baronet, of the Great Lever creation.

John Copley

For over 50 years Copley has been the partner of John Hugh Chadwyck-Healey (born 1922), grandson of Charles Chadwyck-Healey, 1st Baronet.

Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors

The large showy blossom cannot but attract the passing bee, whose favorite color (according to Sir John Lubbock) it waves.

Sir John Lubbock, 1st Baronet

He was fond of horses and hunting and used to drive 4 Greys into the City from his house in St James Place, which he had purchased in 1802 with Samuel Rogers the poet; Sir John taking two-thirds and Mr Rogers one-third.

Viscount Hanworth

Pollock was the fifth son of Mr George Pollock, fourth son of Sir Frederick Pollock (1st Baronet, of Hatton) (elder brother of Field Marshal Sir George Pollock, 1st Baronet, of The Khyber Pass).


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