The Fox family is a family with several members in the acting and related professions over a number of generations.

Robin Fox Robin Fox (born 1934) is an Anglo-American anthropologist who has written on the topics of incest avoidance, marriage systems, human and primate kinship systems, evolutionary anthropology, sociology and the history of ideas in the social sci ...

(1913–1971), an actor and theatrical agent, and his wife Angela Worthington, actress and daughter of the English playwright

Frederick Lonsdale Frederick Lonsdale (5 February 1881 – 4 April 1954) was a British playwright known for his librettos to several successful musicals early in the 20th century, including '' King of Cadonia'' (1908), '' The Balkan Princess'' (1910), ''Betty'' ...

, had three sons: the actors

James James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguati ...

and Edward Fox, and

Robert The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

, who became a theatrical agent. Their grandchildren include the actors

Emilia Emilia may refer to: People * Emilia (given name), list of people with this name Places * Emilia (region), a historical region of Italy. Reggio, Emilia * Emilia-Romagna, an administrative region in Italy, including the historical regions of Emi ...

, Freddie,

Laurence Laurence is an English and French given name (usually female in French and usually male in English). The English masculine name is a variant of Lawrence and it originates from a French form of the Latin ''Laurentius'', a name meaning "man from ...

, Lydia and Jack Fox. Robin Fox was the grandson of

Samson Fox Samson Fox (11 July 1838 – 24 October 1903) was an English engineer, industrialist and philanthropist. He was elected Mayor of Harrogate in Yorkshire and the building of the Royal College of Music in London was funded largely by Fox. Life and ...

(1838–1903), a British engineer, industrialist and philanthropist.

Dynastic roots

Robin Fox was born in the parish of St George Hanover Square,

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, the son of Hilda Louise (Alcock), an actress, and Arthur William Fox, the son of industrialist

. He was related to the Hanbury and Neilson acting dynasty, through his mother, whose sister was the stage actress

Lily Hanbury Lily Hanbury (1873 – 5 March 1908) was an English stage performer. Hanbury was born Lilian Florence Alcock, the daughter of Elizabeth (née Davis) and Matthew Henry Alcock. Educated in London, her début was in an 1888 revival of W. S. Gilbert ...

. Their first cousin

Julia Neilson Julia Emilie Neilson (12 June 1868 – 27 May 1957) was an English actress best known for her numerous performances as Lady Blakeney in ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'', for her roles in many tragedies and historical romances, and for her portrayal of ...

was married to the actor

Fred Terry Fred Terry (9 November 1863 – 17 April 1933) was an English actor and theatrical manager. After establishing his reputation in London and in the provinces for a decade, he joined the company of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree where he remained for f ...

, brother of the late nineteenth-century star

Ellen Terry Dame Alice Ellen Terry, (27 February 184721 July 1928), was a leading English actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born into a family of actors, Terry began performing as a child, acting in Shakespeare plays in London, and tour ...

. Altogether, five of Hilda and Lily Hanbury's first cousins were actors in Victorian and Edwardian theatre.

Family

Robin Fox (1913–1971), theatrical agent, married Angela Muriel Darita Worthington, actress, three sons * Edward Fox (born 1937), actor, married twice :(i) Tracy Reed, actress, (1958–1961), one child ::*Lucy Preston, Viscountess Gormanston (born Lucy Arabella Fox, 1960), married twice :::(i) David Grenfell, one child ::::*Harry Grenfell (born 1987) :::(ii)

Nicholas Preston, 17th Viscount Gormanston (Jenico) Nicholas Dudley Preston, 17th Viscount Gormanston (born 19 November 1939), is a British hereditary peer who sat (as Baron Gormanston) in the House of Lords until 1999. An Anglo-Irish aristocrat, Lord Gormanston is the premier viscoun ...

:(ii)

Joanna David Joanna David (born Joanna Elizabeth Hacking; 17 January 1947) is an English actress, best known for her television work. Life David was born in Lancaster, England, to Davida Elizabeth (''née'' Nesbitt) and John Almond Hacking. In 1971, she ...

, actress, (2004 to date), two children ::*

Emilia Fox Emilia Rose Elizabeth Fox (born 31 July 1974) is an English actress and presenter whose film debut was in Roman Polanski's film '' The Pianist''. Her other films include the Italian–French–British romance-drama film '' The Soul Keeper'' (2 ...

(born 1974), actress, was married to actor

Jared Harris Jared Francis Harris (born 24 August 1961) is a British actor. His roles include Lane Pryce in the AMC television drama series ''Mad Men'', for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Seri ...

(2005–2009). She also had a relationship with the actor Jeremy Gilley with whom she had one child. ::::*Rose Gilley (born 2010) ::* Freddie Fox, (born 1989), actor *

James Fox William Fox (born 19 May 1939), known professionally as James Fox, is an English actor. He appeared in several notable films of the 1960s and early 1970s, including '' King Rat'', '' The Servant'', ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' and ''Performan ...

(born 1939), actor, married Mary Elizabeth Piper (died 2020) in 1973, five children ::*Tom Fox (born 1975) ::*Robin C. Fox (born 1976) ::*

Laurence Fox Laurence Paul Fox (born 1978) is a political activist and former actor, most well-known for playing the supporting role of DS James Hathaway in the British TV drama series '' Lewis'' from 2006 to 2015. A grandson of the actors Robin and Ange ...

(born 1978), actor, married

Billie Piper Billie Paul Piper (born Leian Paul Piper; 22 September 1982) is an English actress and former singer. She initially gained recognition as a singer after releasing her debut single "Because We Want To" at age 15, which made her the youngest woman ...

in 2007, divorced in 2016, two children ::::*Winston James Fox (born 2008) ::::*Eugene Pip Fox (born 2012) ::*Lydia Fox (born 1979), actress, married

Richard Ayoade Richard Ellef Ayoade ( ; born 23 May 1977) is a British actor, comedian, broadcaster and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as socially awkward IT technician Maurice Moss in Channel 4 sitcom ''The IT Crowd'' (2006–2013), for which he ...

in 2007, three children ::::*Esme Bibi Ayoade (born 2009) ::::*Ida Ayoade ::::*? Ayoade ::* Jack Fox, actor (born 1985) * Robert Fox (born 1952), theatre and film producer, married three times :(i) Celestia Sporborg (married 1975–90), casting director, three children :(ii)

Natasha Richardson Natasha Jane Richardson (11 May 1963 – 18 March 2009) was an English actress of stage and screen. A member of the Redgrave family, Richardson was the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director/producer Tony Richardson and the granddaug ...

(1990–92), actress, no children :(iii) Fiona Golfar (1996 to date), editor at the magazine ''

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'', two children

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fox family, Robin English families Show business families of the United Kingdom Acting families