Sir Gifford Wheaton Grey Fox, 2nd Baronet (2 February 1903 – 11 February 1959) was a British

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. He served as a

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(MP) from 1932 to 1950. Gifford Fox succeeded his father,

Gilbert Fox Gilbert Theodore Fox (November 29, 1915 – May 15, 2004) was an American political cartoonist, comic book artist and editor, and animator. Biography Fox began his career in animation at Max Fleischer's studio, but left due to labor unrest assoc ...

, as a

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, of

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on 21 February 1925. The baronetcy had been created on 30 January 1924. His first marriage took place on 20 October 1927 to The Honourable Myra Newton, daughter of

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. They

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d in 1952. His second wife was Maryoth Hay, the paternal granddaughter of the 10th Marquess of Tweeddale, whom he married on 2 March 1954. Fox was first elected to

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on 25 February 1932 in a

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in the

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constituency of

Henley Henley may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Henley, Dorset, a location * Henley, Gloucestershire, a location * Henley-on-Thames, a town in South Oxfordshire, England ** Henley (UK Parliament constituency) ** Henley Rural District, a former ru ...

. The by-election had been caused by the death on 16 January 1932 of Robert Henderson. Fox remained as the MP for Henley until the 1950 general election. Fox died in 1959, aged 56, and the baronetcy became extinct.

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* 1903 births 1959 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1900s-stub