The Robin Fox family is a family with several members in the acting and related professions over a number of generations. Robin Fox (1913-1971), an actor and theatrical agent, and his wife Angela Muriel Darita Worthington, actress and daughter of the English playwright Frederick Lonsdale, had 3 sons, including the actors James and Edward Fox. Their other son, Robert Fox, became a theatrical agent. Their grandchildren include the actors Emilia Fox, Laurence Fox and Lydia Fox. Robin Fox is the grandson of Samson Fox (1838-1903), a British engineer, industrialist and philanthropist.
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Robin Fox was himself related to the great acting dynasty: the Neilson / Hanbury Family via his mother the actress Hilda Hanbury and his aunt Lily Hanbury (his father was Arthur William Fox, the son of industrialist Samson Fox).[1] Hilda and Lily's first cousin Julia Neilson was married to the actor Fred Terry, brother of the late nineteenth century star Ellen Terry.[2] In total seven first cousins including Hilda and Lily Hanbury were all actors in the Victorian Theatre.[2]
Robin Fox (1913-1971), theatrical agent, married Angela Muriel Darita Worthington, actress, 3 sons
Robin Fox was rumoured to be the father of Daniel Chatto[3] (born 1957), who married Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, the daughter of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. Daniel Chatto's mother, Rosalind Thompson, had been Robin Fox's secretary.[4]