George Lane-Fox (4 May 1793 – 15 November 1848), of Bramham Park, Yorkshire, was a British landowner and Tory politician.
Lane-Fox was the son of James Fox-Lane, of Bramham Park, Yorkshire, by the Honourable Mary Lucy, daughter of George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers. He was the brother of Sackville Lane-Fox and the uncle of Sackville Lane-Fox, 12th Baron Conyers and Augustus Pitt Rivers.[1]
Lane-Fox was returned to parliament for Beverley in 1820, a seat he held until 1826 and again between 1837 and 1840. His brother Sackville Lane-Fox succeeded him in 1840.[2]
Lane-Fox married Georgiana Henrietta, daughter of Edward Percy Buckley, of Minestead Lodge, Hampshire, in 1814. They had one son and two daughters. His only son George Lane-Fox (d. 1848), High Sheriff of County Leitrim and of the West Riding of Yorkshire, was the grandfather of George Lane-Fox, 1st Baron Bingley. Lane-Fox died in November 1848, aged 55.[1]
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by John Wharton Robert Christie Burton |
Member of Parliament for Beverley 1820–1826 With: John Wharton |
Succeeded by John Stewart Charles Harrison Batley |
Preceded by Henry Burton James Hogg |
Member of Parliament for Beverley 1837–1840 With: James Hogg |
Succeeded by James Hogg Sackville Lane-Fox |