George Lane-Fox, 1st Baron Bingley

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Douglas King
Personal details
Born15 December 1870
London, England
Died11 December 1947 (1947-12-12) (aged 76)
Political partyConservative
SpouseMary Wood (1877–1962)
Alma materNew College, Oxford

George Richard Lane Fox, 1st Baron Bingley,

PC (15 December 1870 – 11 December 1947) was a British Conservative politician. He served as Secretary for Mines
between 1922 and 1924, and again between 1924 and 1928.

Background and education

Lane Fox was born in

Career

Lane Fox was a militia officer in the 3rd (

In the

Indian Statutory Commission.[citation needed] On 24 July 1933 he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Bingley, of Bramham in the County of York.[5]

Family

Lord Bingley married Mary Agnes Emily Wood (born 25 March 1877, died 25 March 1962), daughter of

E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, in 1903. They had four daughters:[6]

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.[1]


References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com.
  2. ^ "No. 27429". The London Gazette. 29 April 1902. p. 2866.
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)
  4. ^ "No. 33129". The London Gazette. 2 February 1926. p. 763.
  5. ^ "No. 33963". The London Gazette. 25 July 1933. p. 4961.
  6. ^ Burke's Landed Gentry, 1965 Edn.
  7. ^ "Robert Benson (1st Lord Bingley) 1675-1731". www.bramhampark.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  8. ^ Burke's Peerage.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Barkston Ash
19061931
Succeeded by
Sir Leonard Ropner, Bt
Political offices
Preceded by Secretary for Mines
1922–1924
Succeeded by
Manny Shinwell
Preceded by
Manny Shinwell
Secretary for Mines
1924–1928
Succeeded by
Douglas King
Military offices
Preceded by
The Lord Bolton
Honorary Colonel of the Yorkshire Hussars
1924–1946
Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Bingley
1934–1947
Extinct