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Authorised form of nameLubbock; Sir; John William (1803 - 1865)
Dates1803 - 1865
NationalityBritish
Place of birthDuke Street, Westminster, London, England
Date of birth26 March 1803
Place of deathHigh Elms, near Farnborough, Hampshire
Date of death20 June 1865
OccupationBanker
Research fieldAstronomy
Mathematics
ActivityEducation:
Eton; Trinity College, Cambridge. BA (1825); MA (1833)
Career:
Partner in his father's bank, Lubbock and Co (1825); first Vice-Chancellor, London University (1837-1842); sole working partner in the bank (1840-1860); a Treasurer of the Great Exhibition (1851); bank joined with another to become Roberts, Lubbock and Co (1860); died of valvular disease of the heart
Memberships:
Astronomical Society (1828)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election15/01/1829
RSActivityRoyal Society roles:
Treasurer 1830-1835, 1838-1845; VP 1830-1835, 1836-1837, 1838-1846
Medals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1834
Lectures:
Bakerian 1836
RelationshipsSon of Sir John William Lubbock (FRS 1821); father of John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury; succeeded his father as 3rd Baronet (1840); married (29 June 1833) Harriet, daughter of Lieutentant General Hotham, of York
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1866-1867 vol 15 pp xxxii-xxxvii
References:
H G Lyons, 'The Society's First Bequest' in NR 1939 vol 2 pp 43-46
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/5714535
CodeNA7010
Archives associated with this Fellow
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MM/11/146Letter from J W Lubbock to JD Roberton, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society2 July 1840
DM/6/27Letter from Few Hamilton to Sir John William Lubbock14 March 1844
DM/1/64Copy of letter from C Few to J W Lubbock29 October 1832
IM/002822Lubbock, Sir John Williamnd
DM/1/68Letter from C Few to J W Lubbock12 February 1835
MM/11/45Letter from Edward Sabine, Woolwoch, to Sir J W Lubbock4 February 1845
MC/4/93Letter from Sir John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society], 2 Mildred's Court, to Charles Richard Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]5 November 1845
DM/2/90Letter from J Forshall, British Museum, to J W Lubbock24 November 1835
DM/2/79Letter from H Bailliere, London, to J W Lubbock31 August 1831
MM/13/125Letter from J W Lubbock to P M Roget17 February 1854
MM/11/201Copy of a letter from J W Lubbock to D Nutt2 July 1842
DM/1/73Report from the Medal Committee22 October 1831
MM/11/144Letter from J W Lubbock to J F W Herschel7 March 1840
MM/11/87Extract from the minutes of the Council of the Royal Society of 18 June 1840, calling for the establishment of a magnetical and meteorological observatory "in the neighbourhood of London", signed J W LubbockMarch 1845
MM/12/76Letter from J W Lubbock to Thomas Bell12 March 1853
MM/13/97Second report of the Excise Committee February 1836
MM/13/130Letter from Henry Browning to J W Lubbock c.1830s
MM/13/129Letter from J W Lubbock to J Hudson 1830s
DM/1/65Letter from C Few to J W Lubbock29 October 1832
DM/1/86Letter from Charles Gyde (for R Taylor), Red Lion Court, to J W Lubbock19 September 1832
MM/17/11Letter from J W Lubbock to William Sharpey6 February 1855
DM/2/92Copy of letter from H Bailliere, Royal Society Apartments, to J W Lubbock28 July 1831
DM/1/48Letter from C Few to J W Lubbock28 January 1842
MM/21/52Letter from John William Lubbock to Thomas Spring-Rice29 May 1845
MM/21/51Letter from John William Lubbock to Thomas Phillips19 August 1843
DM/2/88Letter from J Forshall, British Museum, to J W Lubbock
DM/3/106Letter from J W Lubbock, St James's Palacec.1831
DM/1/62Letter from C Few to J W Lubbock16 December 1831
DM/1/99Letter from Charles Gyde (for Richard Taylor), Red Lion Court, to J W Lubbock15 January 1833
DM/1/40Letter from C Few, Covent Garden, to J W Lubbock16 July 1831
DM/2/87Letter from J Forshall, British Museum, to J W Lubbock24 November 1834
DM/6/134Letter from Charles Few to Sir John William Lubbock, Treasurer, Royal Society15 December 1840
DM/6/29Letter from Charles Few to Sir John William Lubbock19 March 1844
DM/3/160Report by the Barlow Telescope CommitteeMay 1831
DM/6/138Letter from Charles Few to Sir John William Lubbock, Treasurer, Royal Society1 September 1842
MM/13/89Minutes of meeting of the Excise Committee 13 January 1835
MC/2/162Letter from R.B. Bate, Poultry, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]7 March 1835
MC/2/149Letter from Arnold and Dent, [clockmakers], 84 Strand, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]5 December 1834
MM/21/80Charter, signed by the Duke of Sussex, President, Royal Society, giving John William Lubbock authority to deputise in the office of President of the Royal Society16 December 1830
CMB/42/2/7Minutes, meeting of the Royal Medal Committee25 November 1834
MC/4/61Letter from Charles Few, Covent Garden, to Sir John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]22 March 1845
MS/123/3Copy of letter from John George Children to John William Lubbock2 November 1832
DM/6/139Letter from Charles Few to Sir John William Lubbock, Treasurer, Royal Society15 October 1842
MC/2/135Letter from Heinrich Christian Schumacher, Altona, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer and] Vice-President of the Royal Society5 August 1834
MC/2/94Copy letter from [John George Children], British Museum, to Walter Adam17 August 1833
MC/2/173Letter from Stephen Peter Rigaud, Oxford, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]28 May 1835
MC/2/178Letter from Joseph F. Dessiou to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]27 June 1835
MC/2/168Letter from [Charles] Few, Covent Garden, to John William Lubbock, Treasurer of the Royal Society4 May 1835
RR/2/261Referee's report by Sir John William Lubbock, 3rd Baronet, on a paper 'Researches on the tides.—fourteenth series. on the results of continued tide observations at several places on the british coasts' by William Whewell13 February 1850
MC/2/5Letter from James Ivory, 20 Southampton Street, Pentonville, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society]12 January 1832
MC/3/44Letter from Charles Few, Covent Garden, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]15 October 1839
MC/2/249Letter from David Brewster to John William Lubbock, 29 Eaton Place, Belgrave Square15 April 1834
MC/2/72Letter from the personal secretary of [Jean-Baptiste] Baillière, [publisher and bookseller], Regent Street, to [John William] Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]14 March 1833
MC/1/286Letter from A. Wollaston, 3 Ellen Court, Temple, to John William Lubbock, Treasurer of the Royal Society 3 March 1831
MC/1/308Letter from [Sir John William] Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society], St. James' Place, to the Royal Society29 May 1831
MS/425/556Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Messrs Arnold & Dent9 July 1835
DM/3/3Letter from Trevelyan, Treasury, to J W Lubbock, Treasurer, Royal Society18 December 1840
RR/2/208Referee's report by John Lubbock, on a paper 'On the effect of the pressure of the atmosphere on the mean level of the ocean' by James Clark Ross25 July 1854
RR/2/165Referee's report by John William Lubbock, on a paper 'On the tides, bed and coasts of the North Sea or German Ocean' by John Murray1 June 1852
MC/2/179Letter from [August Leopold] Crelle, Berlin, to John William Lubbock, Treasurer of the Royal Society27 June 1835
RR/1/212Referee's report by John William Lubbock, on a paper 'Observations on some of the nebulae' by William Parsons, Earl of Rosse24 June 1844
RR/2/2Referee's report by John Lubbock, on a paper 'On the secular variation of the moon's mean motion' by John Couch Adams25 June 1853
RR/1/59Referee's report by John William Lubbock, on an unnamed paper by W Edmonds24 June 1850
MS/425/505Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Dr [William] Somerville26 August 1834
MC/2/213Letter from Richard Taylor, [printer], to John William Lubbock9 June 1836
MS/426/3Copy letter from [John William] Lubbock, Treasurer of the Royal Society; to Messrs Newton Thornton, Land Surveyors, Norwich18 December 1840
MM/14/131Letter from J F W Herschel, Collingwood, to Sir John Lubbock6 April 1845
MS/426/6Copy letter from Lord Northampton [Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton] President of the Royal Society; to the Right Honourable, the Chancellor of the Exchequer [Francis Thornhill Baring]11 January 1841
MS/426/370Copy letter from G [George] Rennie, Treasurer of the Royal Society; to Sir [John William] Lubbock & Co16 April 1849
MC/4/55Letter from George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to Sir John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]7 March 1845
MS/426/430Copy letter from G [George] Rennie, Treasurer of the Royal Society; to Sir J W [John William] Lubbock20 July 1850
MS/426/425Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to M [Michael] Farady Esq4 June 1850
MC/2/172Letter from Macedonio Melloni, Paris, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]29 May 1835
MS/426/52Copy letter from [John William] Lubbock, Treasurer of the Royal Society; to Shuckard, Esq.8 April 1842
MS/426/508Copy letter from Edward Sabine, Treasurer of the Royal Society; to Dr [Peter Mark] Roget17 February 1854
EC/1829/01Lubbock, Sir John William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/17/319Letter from [Sir John William] Lubbock, to the Chairman of Charter Committeec.1847
DM/6/28Enclosure to letter from Few Hamilton to Sir John William Lubbock, 14 March 1844, (DM/6/27) quoting letters written concerning the will of Edwin Hill HandleyMarch 1844
MC/5/72Letter from J W [John William] Lubbock to [William Henry Smyth], the Secretary of the Telescope Committee18 December 1852
MM/13/108Letter from Davies Gilbert, 27 Bower Street, to J W Lubbock10 January 1835
MM/13/85Minutes of meeting of the Excise Committee 20 December 1832
MM/13/90Minutes of meeting of the Excise Committee 13 January 1835
MM/13/91Minutes of meeting of the Excise Committee 20 February 1836
CMB/42/2/4Minutes, meeting of the Royal Medal Committee in Astronomy13 April 1833
CMB/42/2/2Minutes, meeting of the Royal Medal Committee in Astronomy3 April 1833
RR/4/94Referee's report by John William Lubbock, on a paper 'On the construction of life-tables, illustrated by a new life-table of the healthy districts of England' by William Farr9 May 1859
MC/1/336Draft letter from [Dr. Peter Mark Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society], to Rev. Thomas John Hussey, Rectory at Hayes c. November 1831
MC/2/148Letter from William Whewell, Trinity College Cambridge, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society26 November 1834
MC/2/167Letter from Benjamin Falz, Nîmes, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]1 April 1835
MM/13/128Letter from E Russell to J W Lubbock [1835]
MM/13/127Letter from Clayton Freeling, Excise Office, to J W Lubbockc.1830s
MS/425/659Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to M. Biot, Paris19 November 1840
MC/4/5Letter from [William Ford] Stevenson, Place du Pré-l'Evêque, Geneva, to Samuel Hunter Christie, [Secretary of the Royal Society]24 January 1844
MS/425/506Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to the Secretary of the Royal Astronomical Society26 August 1834
MC/2/101Letter from Prince Augustus Frederick, [Duke of Sussex], President of the Royal Society, Somerset House, to John William Lubbock, Treasurer of the Royal Society30 November 1833
MS/425/608Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to C [Charles] Few18 May 1839
CMP/1/2Minutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society13 December 1832
RR/1/153Referee's report by William Whewell, George Peacock and Henry Coddington, on a paper 'Researches in physical astronomy' by John William Lubbock3 May 1832
DM/6/137Letter from Charles Few to Sir John William Lubbock, Treasurer, Royal Society12 April 1842
MC/1/327Letter from [John William Lubbock], [Treasurer of the Royal Society], to the Royal Society1 September 1831
MC/1/332Letter from Thomas John Hussey, Rectory at Hayes, to [John William] Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society], St James's Place4 October 1831
MC/1/334Letter from Thomas John Hussey, Rectory at Hayes, to [John William] Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society], 4 St James's Place19 October 1831
MC/2Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1832-1838
MC/2/59Letter from [Peter] Barlow to George Dollond, St. Paul's Churchyard22 October 1832
MC/2/76Letter from Professor [Stephen Peter] Rigaud, Observatory Oxford, to John William Lubbock, Treasurer of the Royal Society12 April 1833
MC/2/88Letter from John William Lubbock, Treasurer of the Royal Society, to Antonio Panizzi, [Librarian at the British Museum]7 July 1833
MC/2/103Letter from Charles [Dietrich Eberhard] Konig, Athenaeum, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society] 8 December 1833
MC/2/144Letter from Joseph Barclay Pentland, Rue de l'Université, Paris, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]14 November 1834
MC/2/137Letter from William Somerville to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]15 August 1834
MC/2/142Letter from Richard Taylor, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society], St. Mildred's Court11 November 1834
MC/2/147Letter from George Peacock, Trinity College Cambridge, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society26 November 1834
MC/2/159Letter from [Charles Wentworth] Dilke, 9 Lord Grosvenor Place, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]16 February 1835
MC/2/175Letter from Sir David Brewster, Belleville by Kingussie, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]7 June 1835
MC/2/164Letter from William Prout, Sackville Street, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]10 March 1835
MC/2/180Letter from [William] Allwright, Tulse Hill, Brixton, Surrey, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]1 July 1835
MC/2/183Letter from Thomas John Hussey, Rectory at Hayes, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]18 July 1835
MC/2/190Letter from Charles Few, Covent Garden, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]25 November 1835
MC/2/184Letter from [Pierre] Daussy, Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies, Depot des Cartes et Plans, Paris, to [John William] Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]12 September 1835
MC/2/186Letter from John George Children, Secretary of the Royal Society, British Museum, to John William Lubbock, Vice-President and Treasurer of the Royal Society4 November 1835
MC/2/189Letter from John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society], 29 Eaton Place, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society12 November 1835
MC/2/191Letter from Charles Few, Covent Garden, to John William Lubbock, Treasurer of the Royal Society26 November 1835
MC/2/181Letter from Captain Francis Beaufort, Admirality, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]11 July 1835
MC/2/160Letter from T. Coates, 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society], 29 Eaton Place, Belgrave Square27 February 1835
MC/2/298Letter from John William Lubbock, London, to the Secretary of the Royal SocietyAugust 1838
MC/2/299Letter from John William Lubbock, Eaton Place, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society29 September 1838
MC/2/300Letter from John William Lubbock, Eaton Place, to the Secretary of the Royal Society29 September 1838
MC/2/296Copy letter from John William Lubbock, Mitcham Grove, to John Clayton Freeling7 August 1838
MC/2/295Letter from John David Roberton, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society], to Samuel Hunter Christie, Secretary of the Royal Society2 August 1838
MC/3Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1839-1843
MC/3/34Letter from John William Lubbock to the Royal Society12 July 1839
MC/3/60Letter from Charles Few, Covent Garden, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]11 December 1839
MC/3/65Letter from Edward Sabine, Royal Society apartments, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]18 January 1840
MC/3/84Letter from John Waller, Eaton Place, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]15 April 1840
MC/3/99Letter from C. Romilly, House of Commons, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]13 June 1840
MC/3/102Letter from George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]3 July 1840
MC/3/126Letter from William Newton, Norwich, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]12 December 1840
MC/3/141Letter from Charles Few, Covent Garden, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]13 February 1841
MC/3/201Letter from Christian Carl Josias von Bunsen, 4 Carlton Terrace, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer and] Vice-President of the Royal Society15 January 1842
MC/3/200Letter from John William Lubbock, Treasurer of the Royal Society, to Christian Carl Josias von Bunsen14 January 1842
MC/3/205Letter from Major Edward Sabine, 12 Park Place, St James's, to Sir John [William] Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]29 January 1842
MC/3/215Letter from Charles Few, Covent Garden, to Sir John William Lubbock, Treasurer of the Royal Society25 April 1842
MC/3/203Letter from John William Lubbock, Vice-President and Treasurer of the Royal Society, to Christian Carl Josias von Bunsen22 January 1842
MC/3/226Letter from John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society], St James's Place, to the Marquis of Northampton, [President of the Royal Society]8 June 1842
MC/3/208Letter from Colonel Edward Sabine, 12 Park Place, St James's, to Sir John [William] Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]14 March 1842
MC/3/236Letter from William Shuckard, Royal Society Library, to Sir John William Lubbock, Vice-President and Treasurer of the Royal Society6 October 1842
MC/3/246Letter from James [Cosmo] Melvill, East India House, to Sir John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]5 November 1842
MC/3/308Letter from George Dollond, St Paul's Churchyard, to Sir John [William] Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]3 November 1843
MC/3/305Letter from William Shuckard, 3 Cadogan Street, Chelsea, to Sir John William Lubbock, Vice-President and Treasurer of the Royal Society18 October 1843
MC/3/304Letter from James Orchard Halliwell[-Philipps], 10 Fitzroy Street, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]11 October 1843
MC/2/155Letter from Richard Taylor, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, to John William Lubbock, Treasurer of the Royal Society20 January 1835
MC/1Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1800-1831
MC/4/10Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Sabine, [Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society], Woolwich, to Sir John William Lubbock, Treasurer of the Royal Society6 March 1844
MC/4/37Letter from Few, Hamilton & Few, Covent Garden, to Sir John William Lubbock4 September 1844
MC/4/62Letter from [Humphrey] Lloyd, Trinity College Dublin, to Sir John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]24 March 1845
MC/4/58Letter from George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to Sir John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]12 March 1845
PT/23/4Paper, 'An account of experiments made with the view of ascertaining the possibility of obtaining a spark before the circuit of the voltaic battery is completed' by John P [Peter] Gassiot26 August 1839
PT/75/8/12Drawings, egg tubes of Nepa and egg of Cynips lignicola by [John Lubbock]12 October 1858
MC/5/119Letter from John P [Peter] Gassiot, Kew Observatory, to S H [Samuel Hunter] Christie, Secretary of the Royal Society24 October 1853
MC/7/380Letter from John Lubbock to Dr [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society]28 November 1866
MC/7/347Letter from John Lubbock, 15 Lombard Street, to Dr [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society]26 July 1866
MC/7Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1864-1866
MS/425/535Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to J Coates5 March 1835
AP/31/20Unpublished paper, 'On the analysis of numerical equations' by J R [John Radford] Young1849
AP/19/17Unpublished paper, 'On the elements of the orbit of the comet of Halley in 1759' by J W [John William] Lubbock1835
AP/26/5Unpublished letter, 'Concerning the invention of sempiternal motion upon Earth' from William Herschel de Griesbach to Sir John Lubbock30 January 1843
PT/75/8/11Drawings, egg tubes of various insects by [John Lubbock][1858]
AP/33/16Unpublished letter, regarding the stability of the Earth's axis of rotation from Henry Hennessy to Sir J W [John William] Lubbock1 November 1851
LUBCorrespondence of Sir John William Lubbock
RR/1/2Referee's report by William Whewell and John William Lubbock, on a paper 'On an inequality of long period in the motions of the Earth and Venus' by George Biddell Airy12 January 1832
AP/23/27Unpublished letter, 'On Nobili's plate of colours' from J P [John Peter] Gassiot to Sir J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel13 January 1840
RR/1bis/31Referee's report by Sir John William Lubbock, 3rd Baronet, on a paper [attributed] 'On a cycle of eighteen years in the mean annual height of the barometer in the climate of London, and on a constant variation of the barometrical mean according to the Moon's declination' by Luke Howard24 November 1845
RR/1bis/32Referee's report by Sir John William Lubbock, 3rd Baronet, on a paper 'On the influence of the moon on the atmospheric pressure, as deduced from the observations of the barometer made at the magnetic observatory at St. Helena' by John Henry Lefroy[1842]
PT/73/16/1Diagram, chart of high water times by [John William Lubbock?][1833]
PT/75/8/13Drawings, egg tubes of various insects by [John Lubbock][1858]
PT/75/8/14Drawings, development of egg tubes of Coccus hesperidum and Coccus persicae by [John Lubbock][1858]
MA/193Tidal observations at Liverpool, England, parts 1-3, by William Hutchinson and Jenkin Jones1835-1837 [?]1774-1792
MA/193/1Tidal observations at Liverpool, England, part 1, by William Hutchinson and Jenkin Jones1835-1837 [?]1774-1792
MA/193/2Tidal observations at Liverpool, England, part 2, by William Hutchinson and Jenkin Jones1835-1837 [?]1774-1792
MA/193/3Tidal observations at Liverpool, England, part 3, by William Hutchinson and Jenkin Jones1835-1837 [?]1774-1792
HS/11/394Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood15 August 1861
MC/17Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1897-1899
HS/11/370Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel15 October 1841
HS/11/397Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel, dated at High Elms, Farnborough29 August 1861
HS/11/405Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William LubbockMarch 1845
HS/11/361Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel16 January 1840
MM/11/147Copy letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood3 July 1840
HS/11/368Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel, dated at Eaton Place28 March 1840
HS/11/377Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel6 March 1845
HS/11/401Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel, dated at High Elms, Farnborough18 September 1861
HS/11/385Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel25 November 1847
HS/11/393Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel, dated at Mansion House St.4 February 1861
HS/11/390Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel22 April 1854
HS/11/372Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel31 December 1844
HS/11/362Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel, dated at London27 January 1840
HS/11/392Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel, dated at Mansion House St.30 January 1861
HS/11/367Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel20 March 1840
HS/11/365Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel10 March 1840
HS/11/358Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. James's Place29 November 1832
HS/11/364Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Society8 February 1840
HS/11/387Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel, dated at High Elms, Farnborough18 December 1847
HS/11/391Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel, dated at Mansion House St.29 January 1861
RR/1/76Referee's report by John William Lubbock, on a paper 'On the physics of media that are composed of free and perfectly elastic molecules in a state of motion' by John James Waterston9 May 1846
HS/22/317Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood1 June 1847
HS/22/106Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock1841-12
HS/25/6/5Copy letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood3 July 1840
HS/22/23Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Slough4 August 1839
HS/23/167Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood19 March 1856
HS/22/53Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood31 May 1840
HS/22/338Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood16 December 1847
HS/25/6/3Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Slough15 March 1840
HS/24/339Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Lubbock, dated at Collingwood6 November 1870
HS/22/94Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood10 October 1841
HS/11/389Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel10 December 1852
HS/11/375Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel19 February 1845
HS/11/399Incomplete copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood14 September 1861
HS/11/398Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel, dated at High Elms, Farnborough11 September 1861
HS/11/388Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel8 December 1849
HS/25/6/4Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood30 June 1840
MA/195Tidal observations at London, England, parts 1-3, by E Russell and Jenkin Jones1801-1836
HS/25/13/11Copy of a draft letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to John William Lubbock1845-3
HS/25/14/22Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Slough29 January 1840
HS/25/14/21Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Slough30 April 1839
MA/195/1Tidal observations at London Dock, England, part 1, by E Russell March 18371 September 1801-31 December 18081 January 1827-31 August 1836
MA/195/2Tidal observations at London Dock, England, part 2, by E Russell March 18371 September 1801-31 August 1836
MA/195/3Tidal observations at London Dock, England, part 1, by E Russell and Jenkin JonesMarch 1837 [?]1808-1826
MA/195/4Tidal observations at London Dock, England, part 2, by E Russell and Jenkin JonesMarch 1837 [?]1808-1826
MA/195/5Tidal observations at London Dock, England, part 3, by E Russell and Jenkin JonesMarch 1837 [?]1808-1826
HS/23/338Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood15 August 1861
HS/21/136Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Slough16 May 1833
HS/22/97Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood10 October 1841
HS/11/381Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel26 March 1845
MC/5Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1851-1858
HS/11/404Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel, dated at Mansion House St.undated
HS/11/380Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel22 March 1845
HS/11/403Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel, dated at Mansion House St.undated
HS/11/396Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel, dated at Mansion House St.21 August 1861
HS/11/359Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Society15 May 1833
HS/11/360Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel, dated at London11 October 1839
HS/11/363Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel, dated at London31 January 1840
HS/11/366Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel, dated at 29 Eaton Place14 March 1840
HS/11/369Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood10 October 1841
HS/11/371Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel28 December 1844
HS/11/373Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel13 January 1845
HS/11/374Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel13 February 1845
HS/11/376Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel24 February 1845
HS/11/378Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel11 March 1845
HS/11/379Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel18 March 1845
HS/11/382Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel5 April 1845
HS/11/383Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel17 April 1845
HS/11/384Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel, dated at High Elms, Farnborough23 October 1847
HS/11/395Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel, dated at High Elms, Farnborough18 August 1861
HS/11/400Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood14 September 1861
HS/11/402Letter, from John William Lubbock to Sir John Herschel, dated at High Elms, Farnborough12 July 1862
HS/22/43Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Slough9 March 1840
HS/22/337Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood4 December 1847
HS/25/15/18Copy letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood15 August 1861
MS/425/528Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to J C [John Clayton] Freeling15 January 1835
HS/22/93Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood20 July 1841
HS/11/386Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood4 December 1847
HS/22/89Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood22 June 1841
HS/22/46Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William LubbockApril 1840
MS/401/1Lending book of the Royal Society Library5 April 1825-1 September 1853
MS/401/5Lending book of the Royal Society LibraryJanuary 1892-21 November 1902
MS/425/540Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Mr [Charles] Few23 March 1835
MS/425/515Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Mr [Anthony] Panizzi20 November 1834
MS/425/516Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to J [Josiah] Forshall 22 November 1834
MS/425/517Copy letter, Mr [John William] Lubbock, RS [Royal Society], to Mr [Charles] Gyde 22 November 1834
MS/425/518Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to J [Josiah] Forshall 24 November 1834
MS/425/521Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to R [Richard] Taylor2 December 1834
MS/425/513Copy letter, Mr [John William] Lubbock, RS [Royal Society], to Mr [William] Clowes15 November 1834
MS/425/523Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to G [George] Barnes, 62 Lincoln's Inn Fields9 December 1834
MS/425/525Copy letter, Mr [John William] Lubbock, to Mr [Edward] Snell, Albermarle Street23 December 1834
MS/425/524Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Revd J [Josiah] Forshall 13 December 1834
MS/425/520Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to J B [Joseph Barclay] Pentland 29 November 1834
MS/425/544Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Mr [Charles] Few20 April 1835
MS/425/541Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Mr Russell, 2 Ave Maria Lane, Ludgate Hill2 April 1835
MS/425/533Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Mr [Charles] Few13 February 1835
MS/425/538Copy letter, JWL, [John William Lubbock], Eaton Place, to D [Davies] Gilbert17 March 1835
MS/425/527Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Mr [John Winter] Jones [?], 24 Stonefield St., Cloudelsey Square, Islington30 December 1834
MS/425/532Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Mr [Charles] Few12 February 1835
MS/425/529Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to M [Macedonio] Melloni, l'Institut, Paris27 January 1835
MS/425/530Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Sir Hy [Henry] Ellis27 January 1835
MS/425/531Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Mr [William] Wyon27 January 1835
MS/425/534Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Mr [William] Wyon28 February 1835
MS/425/537Copy letter, Mr [John William] Lubbock, RS [Royal Society], to Messrs Arnold & Dent, 84 Strand10 March 1835
MS/425/536Copy letter, Mr [John William] Lubbock, RS [Royal Society], to Mr [John] Newman 7 March 1835
MS/425/542Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Messrs Arnold & Dent2 April 1835
MS/425/539Copy letter, Mr [John William] Lubbock, Rl Socy [Royal Society], to Mr [John] Newman 21 March 1835
MS/425/545Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Dr [Peter Mark] Roget23 April 1835
MS/425/546Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to R [Robert] Bate6 May 1835
MS/425/555Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to F [Francis] Baily9 July 1835
MS/425/548Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to M [Macedonio] Melloni10 February 1835
MS/425/543Copy letter, Mr [John William] Lubbock, RS [Royal Society], to Messrs Coutts13 April 1835
MS/425/549Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to C [Charles] Few11 June 1835
MS/425/547Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to M Arago19 May 1835
MS/425/550Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to M [Macedonio] Melloni, l'Institut Paris9 June 1835
MS/425/551Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to M [Jean Elias Banjamin] Valz, Nimes, France8 June 1835
MS/425/552Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to M [Pierre] Daussi, Asst Director of the Depot de la Marine, Paris25 June 1835
MS/425/553Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to G [George] Dollond3 July 1835
MS/425/554Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Mr Albright3 July 1835
MS/425/558Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Capt [Francis] Beaufort11 July 1835
MS/425/557Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to H [Henry] Warburton10 July 1835
MS/425/559Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Sir D [David] Brewster16 July 1835
MS/425/560Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Mr [George] Dollond17 July 1835
MS/425/561Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Revd T [Thomas] Hussey20 July 1835
MS/425/562Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Mr [Robert] Bate1 August 1835
MS/425/563Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Captain [Francis] Beaufort1 August 1835
MS/425/564Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Revd T [Thomas] Hussey15 August 1835
MS/425/566Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to Revd Dr [Thomas] Hussey5 September 1835
MS/425/565Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to J B [Joseph Barclay] Pentland 30 August 1835
MS/425/567Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to John Geo [George] Children5 September 1835
MS/425/568Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to Mr C [John Clayton] Freeling15 September 1835
MS/425/569Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Wm [William] Marsden29 September 1835
MS/425/570Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to J [John] Burcham, Coningsby, Horncastle20 October 1835
MS/425/571Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to Mr Essex20 October 1835
MS/425/572Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to Mr Cross20 October 1835
MS/425/573Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to T J [Thomas John ] Hussey20 October 1835
MS/425/574Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to Mr Cross, Mablethorpe23 October 1835
MS/425/575Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to M [Michael] Faraday28 October 1835
MS/425/576Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to Mr Trumper, Southall12 November 1835
MS/425/577Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to Mr Cross, Mablethorpe, Lincoln12 November 1835
MS/425/578Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl S [Royal Society], to Mr [Charles] Few21 November 1835
MS/425/579Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to the Secretary, Rl [Royal] Irish Academy21 November 1835
MS/425/580Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to Revd J [Josiah] Forshall 23 November 1834
MS/425/581Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to Revd. T [Thomas John ] Hussey23 November 1835
MS/425/584Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to Mr J [John] Clayton Freeling10 December 1835
MS/425/589Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to J C [John Clayton] Freeling7 May 1836
MS/425/590Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to J C [John Clayton] Freeling10 May 1836
MS/425/504Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Lt [Thomas?] Drummond19 August 1834
MS/425/503Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society] to Mr [Thomas] Cubitt, 56 Eaton Place, Belgrave Square19 August 1834
MS/425/507Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to the Secretary of the Royal Astronomical Society29 August 1834
MS/425/512Copy letter, Mr [John William] Lubbock, Rl [Royal] Society, to Mr [Thomas] Waller10 November 1834
MS/425/508Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to T [Thomas] Cubitt19 September 1834
MS/425/511Copy letter, Mr [John William] Lubbock, Royal Society, to Mr [John] Newman10 November 1834
MS/425/604Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to Messrs Sutton, Robertson and Gribble, stockbrokers8 December 1838
MS/425/605Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to Revd Geo [George] Peacock20 April 1839
MS/425/609Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Royal Society, to Lord John Russell18 May 1839
MS/425/611Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Sir John Barrow21 June 1839
MS/425/612Copy letter, J W [John William] Lubbock, RS [Royal Society], to Sir John Barrow29 June 1839
MS/425/613Copy letter, J W [John William] Lubbock, RS [Royal Society], to Sir Richard Jenkins29 June 1839
MS/425/614Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to the Earl of Minto16 July 1839
MS/425/615Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to M [François] Arago16 July 1839
MS/425/616Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to C [Charles] Few25 July 1839
MS/425/618Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to J C [James Cosmo] Melvill26 August 1839
MS/425/633Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to the Secretary of the Excise7 December 1839
MS/425/620Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to the Chancellor of the Exchequer [Francis Baring]16 October 1839
MS/425/617Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to the Chancellor of the Exchequer [Thomas Spring Rice]12 August 1839
MS/425/622Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to C [Charles] Few18 October 1839
MS/425/623Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to W [William] Wyon9 November 1839
MS/425/624Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to J O [James Orchard] Halliwell9 November 1839
MS/425/631Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to the Secretrary of the Treasury [Robert Gordon]6 December 1839
MS/425/632Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to Messrs Sutton, Son and Gribble7 December 1839
MS/425/628Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to C [Charles] Few21 November 1839
MS/425/630Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to C [Charles] Few23 November 1839
MS/425/636Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to T [Thomas] Fox Strangeways20 January 1840
MS/425/634Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], to C [Charles] Few20 December 1839
MS/425/637Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to Messrs Sutton and Company27 January 1840
MS/425/638Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to G J Pennington 27 January 1840
MS/425/639Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to C E [Charles Edward] Trevelyan, Treasury8 February 1840
MS/425/641Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to C E [Charles Edward] Trevelyan, Treasury22 February 1840
MS/425/642Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to G J Pennington, Treasury 22 February 1840
MS/425/643Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to Dr [Dionysius] Lardner22 February 1840
MS/425/646Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to C E [Charles Edward] Trevelyan14 April 1840
MS/425/647Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to C E [Charles Edward] Trevelyan23 May 1840
MS/425/649Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to T [Thomas] Fox Strangeways5 June 1840
MS/425/650Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], to the Speaker of the House of Commons [Charles Shaw-Lefevre]8 June 1840
MS/425/652Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], Rl Socy [Royal Society], Lord Leveson, 78 Piccadilly13 June 1840
MS/425/653Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], 29 Eaton Place, Belgrave Square, to G G [George Edward] Anson27 June 1840
MS/425/654Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], to Sir J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel2 July 1840
MS/425/656Copy letter, JWL [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to G B [George Biddell] Airy, Greenwich2 July 1840
MS/425/627Copy letter, J W L [John William Lubbock], RS [Royal Society], to C [Charles] Few18 November 1839
HS/23/339Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to John William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood14 September 1861
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