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Sir Nevile Lubbock KCMG (31 March 1839 – 12 September 1914) was President of the West India Committee and an English first-class cricketer active 1858–60 who played for Kent. He was born in Pimlico; died in Bromley.
Lubbock was born on 31 March 1839 the third son of Sir John Lubbock. Lubbock was educated at Eton College from the age of nine. He left Eton when he was 15 to join his father's business in the City of London. In 1862 he joined the firm of Cavan Brothers and Company who were West India merchants, it started a lifetime of connection to the West Indies. He was a pioneer in the introduction of sugar cane-farming in Trinidad. In 1887 he was invited by the British Government to attend the first Colonial Conference. He became President of the West India Committee and was knighted in 1889. He was a governor of the Royal Exchange Assurance Company and a company director.
Lubbock was married twice and had six sons and seven daughters, he died suddenly on 12 September 1914 at his home Oakley Park in Bromley Common, Kent.
