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Early Origins of the Lugar family

The surname Lugar was first found in Somerset where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates at Maidenbrook.

Early History of the Lugar family

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Lugar Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lucar, Lucer, Lewcar, Lewker, Luyker and others.

Early Notables of the Lugar family

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Migration of the Lugar family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Thomas Lucar, who settled in Virginia in 1671.


Contemporary Notables of the name Lugar (post 1700) +

  • Richard Green "Dick" Lugar (b. 1932), American Rhodes Scholar and senior United States Senator from Indiana
  • Richard Green Lugar (b. 1932), American Republican politician, Rhodes scholar; Mayor of Indianapolis, Indiana, 1968-75; Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1968, 1972; U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1977- 1
  • Marlyn E. Lugar (d. 1989), American politician, Mayor of Morgantown, West Virginia, 1959-61 1


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 13) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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