Egerton Hubbard, 2nd Baron Addington

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The Lord Addington
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Egerton Hubbard Addington, 2nd Baron Addington.jpg
Baron Addington in 1895.
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
29 August 1889 – 14 June 1915
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded byThe 1st Lord Addington
Succeeded byThe 3rd Lord Addington
Member of Parliament
for Buckingham
In office
27 July 1886 – 28 August 1889
Preceded bySir Edmund Verney
Succeeded bySir Edmund Verney
In office
17 February 1874 – 31 March 1880
Preceded bySir Harry Verney
Succeeded bySir Harry Verney
Personal details
Born29 December 1842
Died14 June 1915
Political partyConservative

Egerton Hubbard, 2nd Baron Addington VD (29 December 1842 – 14 June 1915) was a British Peer.[1] He was Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire from 1874 to 1880, and from 1886 to 1889.[2]

Life and career[]

The son of John Gellibrand Hubbard, 1st Baron Addington, he succeeded the Barony on the death of his father. He held the office of High Steward of Buckingham.

He was educated at Radley College,[3] and graduated from Christ Church, Oxford, with a First B.A. in 1865, and with an M.A. in 1866. In 1863, he was commissioned into the 3rd Buckinghamshire Rifle Volunteer Corps (after 1875 amalgamated into the 1st Buckinghamshire Rifle Volunteers). He was promoted Lieutenant in 1871, Captain in 1887, Major and Lieutenant-Colonel in 1890, and Colonel in 1895. He resigned his commission in February 1900.

Family[]

He married Mary Adelaide Portal, daughter of , on 3 June 1880, and they had the following children:

  • Hon. Winifred Mary Hubbard (1881–1968)
  • John Gellibrand Hubbard, 3rd Baron Addington (1883–1966)
  • Raymond Egerton Hubbard, 4th Baron Addington (1884–1971)
  • Hon. Francis Spencer Hubbard (1888–1963)
  • Hon. Ruth Mary Hubbard (1896–1955)[3]

Arms[]

Coat of arms of Egerton Hubbard, 2nd Baron Addington
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Crest
In front of a fasces fessewise Proper an eagle's head as in the arms.
Escutcheon
Vert a chevron engrailed plain cotised Argent between three eagles' heads erased of the second each gorged with a collar fleurettée Gules
Supporters
On either side an eagle Argent wings addorsed gorged with a collar fleurettée Gules and pendent therefrom an escutcheon Ermine charged with a rose Gules
Motto
Alta Petens (Latin for: Seeking Higher Things)[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Index 852". Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  2. ^ Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Egerton Hubbard
  3. ^ a b "Egerton Hubbard, 2nd Baron Addington". The Peerage. 24 July 2012.
  4. ^ Burke's Peerage. 1915.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member for Buckingham
1874–1880
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member for Buckingham
1886–1889
Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Gellibrand Hubbard
Baron Addington
1889–1915
Succeeded by
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