George Lane-Fox, 1st Baron Bingley

The Right Honourable
The Lord Bingley
PC
Lord Bingley.
Secretary for Mines
In office
6 November 1922  22 January 1924
Monarch George V
Prime Minister Andrew Bonar Law
Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by William Bridgeman
Succeeded by Manny Shinwell
In office
11 November 1924  13 January 1928
Monarch George V
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by Manny Shinwell
Succeeded by Douglas King
Personal details
Born 15 December 1870
London, England
Died 11 December 1947
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Hon. Mary Wood (1877—1962)
Alma mater New College, Oxford

Lieutenant-Colonel 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 London, the son of Captain James Thomas Richard Lane-Fox, of Hope Hall and Bramham Park, Yorkshire, and Lucy Frances Jane, daughter of Humphrey St John-Mildmay. He was the great-grandson of George Lane-Fox. He was educated at Eton and at New College, Oxford, and was called to the Bar, Inner Temple, in 1895.[1]

Career

Lane-Fox was a militia officer in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment when in April 1902 he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Yeomanry regiment the Yorkshire Hussars.[2] He served with the regiment in the First World War, was wounded and mentioned in despatches and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel.[1] In the 1906 general election which produced a Liberal landslide, Barkston Ash was one of the few constituencies that went the other way. Lane-Fox for the Conservatives defeated the Liberal incumbent Joseph Andrews who had defeated him in a by-election the previous year. He went on to represent the constituency until 1931.[1][3] He served as Secretary for Mines from 1922 to 1924 and again from December 1924 (after the fall of the first Labour Government) until 1928.[1] He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1926[4] and was a member of the Indian Statutory Commission. 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 the Hon Mary Agnes Emily Wood (born 25 March 1877, died 25 March 1962), daughter of Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax and sister 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]

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Joseph Andrews
Member of Parliament for Barkston Ash
19061931
Succeeded by
Sir Leonard Ropner, Bt
Political offices
Preceded by
William Bridgeman
Secretary for Mines
19221924
Succeeded by
Manny Shinwell
Preceded by
Manny Shinwell
Secretary for Mines
19241928
Succeeded by
Douglas King
Military offices
Preceded by
The Lord Bolton
Honorary Colonel of the Yorkshire Hussars
19241946
Succeeded by
Thomas Preston
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Bingley
19331947
Extinct