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 360 COMPLETE PEERAGE aveland Alderman 1892-98. P.C. 8 Feb. 1890. Pres. of the London Institution 1 894-1906. Pres. of the Statistical Soc. 1900- 1902. Sec. for Foreign Correspondence, R. Academy, 1903. Pres. of Soc. of Antiquaries 1904. Rector of St. Andrew's Univ. 1907. Trustee of the Brit. Museum since 1878. On 22 Jan. 1900 (") he was cr. BARON AVEBURY of Avebury, Wilts. (*") He m., istly, 10 Apr. 1856, at Rostherne, co. Chester, Ellen Frances, only da. of the Rev. Peter Hordern, oi Chorlton cum Hardy, co. Lancaster. She d. 20 Oct. 1879, at High Elms, Kent, and was bur. at Down. He ;«., 2ndly, 17 May 1884, at St. Peter's, Eaton Sq., Alice Augusta Laurentia Lane, da. of Gen. Augustus Henry Lane Fox-Pitt Rivers, of Rushmore, Wilts, by Alice Margaret, da. of Edward John (Stanley), Baron Stanley of Alderley. She was b. in London. [John Birkbeck Lubbock, s. and h. ap. by ist wife -^b. 4 Oct. 1858. Ed. at Eton.] Family Estates. — These are situated in Kent. Principal Residence : — High Elms, Farnborough, in that co. AVELAND BARONY I. Gilbert John Heathcote, s. and h. of Sir Gilbert J n r H., 4th Bart., of Normanton Park, Rutland, by his ist ^ ■ wife, Katharine Sophia, da. of John Manners, of Grant- ham Grange, co. Lincoln, by Louisa, suo jure Countess of Dysart [S.], was b. 16 Jan. 1795, at Normanton Park afsd. Ed. at Westm. School, and at Trin. Coll. Cambridge. M.P. (Whig) (") for Boston 1820-30, and 1831-32; for South Lincolnshire, 1832-41; and for Rutland, 1841-56; sue. his father 26 Mar. 1851 as 5th Bart. Lord Lieut, of co. Lincoln 1862-67. On 26 Feb. 1856, he was cr. BARON AVELAND OF AVELAND, co. Lincoln. He ;«., 8 Oct. 1827, at Drummond Castle, Muthill, co. Perth, Clementina Elizabeth Burrell-Drummond, afterwards (1871) suo jure Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (see that title). He ^. at 12 Belgrave Sq., 6, and was /Jiwr. 13 Sep. 1867, at Normanton, aged 72. Will dat. 10 Aug. 1863 to 15 Aug. 1866, pr. 5 Oct. 1867, at ;{,"400,ooo. His widow, who was b. in Piccadilly, 2, and bap. 15 Sep. 1809, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., being the elder of the two sisters of Alberic, Lord Willoughby of [j/V] Eresby, sue. on her said brother's death, 26 Aug. 1870, to the coheirship of that Barony, of which the abeyance was terminated in her favour 13 Nov. 1871. By royal lie, 4 May 1872, she took for herself and her issue the surname of Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby. She d. 13 Nov. 1888, aged 79, at Grimsthorpe Castle, co. Lincoln, and was bur. with her husband. Will dat. 6 Aug. 1884, pr. i Apr. 1889. (") Since 1886 a Liberal Unionist. He is a staunch Free Trader, with large and varied scientific and literary attainments, which were found also in his father. V.G. ('') Lord Avebury's arms are Silver a stork ermine, standing on a mount vert, and a chief gules with three silver stars. (*'.v inform. Oswald Barron.) V.G. (*■') He was never more than a very moderate Liberal. V.G.