Sir Gifford Wheaton Grey Fox, 2nd Baronet (2 February 1903 – 11 February 1959) was a British
politician. He served as a
Conservative Member of Parliament (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
baronet, of
Liverpool,
Lancashire 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
George Newton, 1st Baron Eltisley
George Douglas Cochrane Newton, 1st Baron Eltisley, (14 July 1879 – 2 September 1942) was a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire for 19 ...
. They
divorced 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
Parliament on 25 February 1932 in a
by-election in the
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the north west of South East England. It is a mainly rural county, with its largest settlement being the city of Oxford. The county is a centre of research and development, primarily ...
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 Robert, Rob, Robbie, Bob or Bobby Henderson may refer to:
Sports
*Robert Henderson (Welsh cricketer) (1865–1931), Welsh cricketer
* Robert Henderson (Middlesex cricketer) (1851–1895), English cricketer
* Robert Henderson (footballer), English f ...
. Fox remained as the MP for Henley until the
1950 general election.
Fox died in 1959, aged 56, and the baronetcy became extinct.
Arms
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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
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