George Lane-Fox
JP DL (13 November 1816 – 2 November 1896), of
Bowcliffe Hall, was an English landowner and politician.
Early life

Lane-Fox was born on 13 November 1816. He was the only son of
George Lane-Fox, MP for
Beverley
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, and Georgiana Henrietta Buckley. His sister, Frederica Elizabeth Lane-Fox, married Hon. Sir Adolphus Liddell (a son of the
1st Baron Ravensworth).
[L. G. Pine, ''The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms'' (]London
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: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 29. By early 1824, his parents were separated, and by the late 1820s, his mother "had a 'notorious' and indiscreet affair" with the
Earl of Chesterfield
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, who later abandoned her to marry
Anne Weld Forester in 1830.
His brother Sackville succeeded him in 1840.
His father was the eldest son of
James Fox-Lane, of
Bramham Park
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The house, constructed of magnesian limestone ashlar with stone slate roofs in a classical style, is built to a l ...
, and
Hon. Mary Lucy Pitt (a daughter of the
1st Baron Rivers). His maternal grandparents were Edward Percy Buckley and Lady Georgiana West (a daughter of the
2nd Earl De La Warr).
He was educated at
Eton
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and
Christ Church, Oxford
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.
Career
Lane-Fox was a
Justice of the Peace and a
Deputy Lieutenant,
for the West Riding of County York.
He also served as
High Sheriff of Leitrim
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in 1846 and
High Sheriff of Yorkshire
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in 1873.
[Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.'' ]Wilmington, Delaware
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: Burke's Peerage
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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 3290.
Personal life
On 17 November 1837, Lane-Fox was married to Katherine Mary Stein (1813–1873), daughter of Grace ( Bushby) and
John Stein, MP for
Bletchingley
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.
Together, they were the parents of three sons and three daughters, including:
* George Sackville Frederick Lane-Fox (1838–1918), who married Fanny Maule Slade, daughter of Lt.-Gen.
Marcus Slade, in 1870. After her death in 1875, he married Annette Mary
Weld-Blundell, daughter of Thomas Weld-Blundell of
Blundell Hall, in 1879.
* James Thomas Richard Lane-Fox (1841–1906), who married Lucy St. John-Mildmay, a daughter of
Humphrey St John-Mildmay, in 1868.
* Caroline Alexina Lane-Fox (1845–1924), who married Maj. John Cavendish Orred, son of George Orred and Matilda Thistlethwayte.
* Kathleen Mary Lane-Fox (–1930), who married Francis Charles Liddell, son of Col. Hon.
George Liddell George Liddell may refer to:
* George Liddell (footballer)
* George Liddell (cricketer)
* George Liddell (MP)
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(a son of the
1st Baron Ravensworth) and Cecil Elizabeth Jane Wellesley (a granddaughter of the
1st Earl Cadogan and the
1st Earl of Mornington), in 1884.
His wife died on 4 July 1873. Lane-Fox died on 2 November 1896.
Descendants
Through his youngest son James, he was a grandfather of
George Lane-Fox, 1st Baron Bingley (1870–1947), an MP for
Barkston Ash
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,
and Capt. Edward Lane-Fox (1874–1949).
References
External links
George Lane-Fox (1816-1896), Sheriff and huntmasterat the
National Portrait Gallery, London
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1816 births
1896 deaths
George
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People educated at Eton College
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
High sheriffs of Leitrim
High sheriffs of Yorkshire
English landowners