''Lane Fox'' or ''Lane-Fox'' is a
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* ''English'', an Amish ter ...
surname (see also the surnames
Lane
In road transport, a lane is part of a roadway that is designated to be used by a single line of vehicles to control and guide drivers and reduce traffic conflicts. Most public roads (highways) have at least two lanes, one for traffic in eac ...
and
Fox
Foxes are small-to-medium-sized omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull; upright, triangular ears; a pointed, slightly upturned snout; and a long, bushy tail ("brush").
Twelve species ...
). Notable bearers of the surname include:
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George Lane-Fox (MP)
George Lane-Fox (4 May 1793 – 15 November 1848), of Bramham Park, Yorkshire, was a British landowner and Tory politician.
Early life
Lane-Fox was born on 4 May 1793. He was the eldest son of James Fox-Lane, of Bramham Park, Yorkshire, by th ...
(1793–1848), English landowner and Tory MP
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Sackville Lane-Fox
Sackville Walter Lane-Fox (24 March 1797 – 18 August 1874), was a British Conservative Party politician.
Background
Lane-Fox was the son of James Fox-Lane, of Bramham Park, West Yorkshire, by the Honourable Marcia Lucy, daughter of George P ...
(1797–1874), British Conservative Party politician
*George Lane-Fox (1816–1896), English landowner,
High Sheriff of Leitrim and
High Sheriff of Yorkshire
The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere o ...
, son of George Lane-Fox (1793–1848)
*Augustus Henry Lane-Fox (1827–1900), who adopted the name
Augustus Pitt Rivers
Lieutenant General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers (14 April 18274 May 1900) was an English officer in the British Army, ethnologist, and archaeologist. He was noted for innovations in archaeological methodology, and in the museum display ...
, English army officer, ethnologist and archaeologist
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Sackville George Lane-Fox, 12th Baron Conyers (1827–1888), son of Sackville Lane-Fox (1797–1874)
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George Lane-Fox, 1st Baron Bingley (1870–1947), English Conservative politician, grandson of George Lane-Fox (1793–1848)
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Felicity Lane-Fox (1918–1988), British Conservative member of the House of Lords
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Robin Lane Fox
Robin James Lane Fox, (born 5 October 1946) is an English classicist, ancient historian, and gardening writer known for his works on Alexander the Great. Lane Fox is an Emeritus Fellow of New College, Oxford and Reader in Ancient History, ...
(born 1946), English historian and gardening writer
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Martha Lane Fox
Martha Lane Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho (born 10 February 1973) is a British businesswoman, philanthropist and public servant. She co-founded Last Minute during the dotcom boom of the early 2000s and has subsequently served on public servi ...
, Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho (born 1973), English businesswoman, philanthropist, and public servant, daughter of Robin Lane Fox
See also
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George Fox-Lane, 1st Baron Bingley
George Fox-Lane, 1st Baron Bingley ( – 22 February 1773) was a British peer and Tory politician.
Early life
Born George Fox, he was the first son and heir of Henry Fox and his second wife, Frances Bourke, Viscountess Galway ( Hon. Frances L ...
(c. 1697 – 1773), peer and Tory politician.
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James Fox-Lane (1756–1821), known as James Fox until 1773, landed gentleman and politician.
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Pitt-Rivers
Name Origin
Pitt-Rivers is an English surname adopted by later holders of the peerage Baron Rivers. Holders of the surname include:
* Horace Pitt-Rivers, 3rd Baron Rivers (1777–1831); born William Beckford, adopted the name on inheriting ...
*George Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers (1890–1966),
George Pitt-Rivers
George Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers (22 May 1890 – 17 June 1966) was a British anthropologist and Eugenics, eugenicist who was a wealthy landowner in England in the interwar period. He embraced Anti-communism, anti-Bolshevism and anti-Semitism ...
, anthropologist and World War II intern.
*Rosalind Venetia Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers (1907–1990), known as
Rosalind Pitt-Rivers
Rosalind Venetia Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers FRS ( Henley; 4 March 1907 – 14 January 1990) was a British biochemist. She became the second president of the European Thyroid Association in 1971; she succeeded Jean Roche and was followed by Jack Gro ...
, British biochemist, wife of George Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers
*Julian Alfred Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers (1919–2001),
Julian Pitt-Rivers
Julian Alfred Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers (16 March 1919 – 12 August 2001) was a British social anthropologist, an ethnographer, and a professor at universities in three countries.
Family background
Pitt-Rivers was a great-grandson of the archaeolo ...
, social anthropologist professor, son of George Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers
*Michael Augustus Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers (1917–1999),
Michael Pitt-Rivers
Major Michael Augustus Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers (27 May 1917 – December 1999) was a British military officer and landowner who gained notoriety in Britain in the 1950s when he was put on trial charged with buggery. This trial was instrumental ...
, landowner, son of George Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers
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English-language surnames