George Richard Lane Fox, 1st Baron Bingley, PC (15 December 1870 – 11 December 1947) was a British

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politician. He served as

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between 1922 and 1924, and again between 1924 and 1928.

Early life

Lane Fox was born in

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, the son of Captain James Thomas Richard Lane Fox, of Hope Hall and

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, and Lucy Frances Jane, daughter of Humphrey St John-Mildmay, a banker and MP for

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. He was the grandson of High Sheriff George Lane-Fox, and the great-grandson of George Lane-Fox, MP for

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.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 3290. He was educated at

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and at

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, and was

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, in 1895.

Career

Lane Fox was a militia officer in the 3rd (

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) Battalion of the

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when in April 1902 he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the

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regiment the

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. He served with the regiment in the

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, was wounded and

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and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel.

Political career

In the

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which produced a

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landslide,

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was one of the few constituencies that went the other way. Lane Fox for the Conservatives defeated the Liberal incumbent

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who had defeated him in a by-election the previous year. He went on to represent the constituency until 1931. He served as

from 1922 to 1924 and again from December 1924 (after the fall of the first Labour Government) until 1928. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1926 and was a member of the

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. On 24 July 1933 he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Bingley, of Bramham in the County of York.

Personal life

In 1903, Lane-Fox was married to Mary Agnes Emily Wood (1877–1962), a daughter of

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and sister of E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax. They had four daughters: * Hon. Marcia Agnes Mary Lane Fox (1904–1980), who married Francis Gordon Ward Jackson in 1929. He later took the name Lane Fox by deed poll and served in World War II, becoming Honorary Col. of the

. * Hon. Mary Kathleen Lane Fox (1905–1981), who married

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in 1930.''Burke's Peerage''. * Hon. Dorothy Lane Fox (1909–1980), who married Sir Kenneth Wade Parkinson of Creskeld Hall. * Hon. Margaret Lane Fox (1913–1986), who married Maj. Charles Packe,

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, in 1939. After he was killed in action in

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in 1944, she married James Hunter in 1951. They divorced in 1956 and she married Brig.

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in 1969. Lord Bingley died in December 1947, aged 76. As he had no sons the barony died with him. Lady Bingley died in March 1962, aged 85. On the death of Lord Bingley, his eldest daughter and son-in-law took over the running of the Bramham Park estate.

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