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Francis Richard Lubbock (October 16 1815 – June 22 1905) was the ninth Governor of Texas and was in office during the American Civil War. He was the brother of Thomas Saltus Lubbock for whom Lubbock County Texas and the City of Lubbock are named.Born in Beaufort South Carolina Lubbock was a businessman in South Carolina before moving to Texas in 1836.