George Fox-Lane, 1st Baron Bingley

George Fox-Lane, 1st Baron Bingley (circa 1697 – 22 February 1773) was a British peer and Tory politician.

The coat of arms of Lord Bingley.

Born George Fox, he was the first son and heir of Henry Fox and his second wife, Hon. Frances née Lane, the daughter of George Lane, 1st Viscount Lanesborough and his third wife Lady Frances Sackville.

From 1734 to 1741, he was Member of Parliament for Hindon and then for the City of York from 1742 to 1761. In 1750, he took the additional name of Lane by an Act of Parliament in 1750, on succeeding to the estates of his maternal half-uncle, James Lane, 2nd Viscount Lanesborough. On 12 July 1731, he had married Hon. Harriet Benson (c.1705-1771), the only child of Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley; their only child was Robert Fox-Lane (died 1768). He was Lord Mayor of York for 1757.

On 13 May 1762, Lane-Fox's father-in-law's extinct title was re-created, when he was created Baron Bingley, of Bingley in the County of York, with remainder only to his heirs male with his wife, Harriet. As his only son died in 1768 and his wife in 1771, the title became extinct on his own death in 1773.

References

    • "FOX (afterwards FOX LANE), George (c.1696-1773), of Bramham Park, Yorks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
    Parliament of Great Britain
    Preceded by
    George Heathcote
    Townsend Andrews
    Member of Parliament for Hindon
    17341741
    With: Stephen Fox 1734–1735
    Henry Fox 1735–1741
    Succeeded by
    Henry Calthorpe
    William Steele
    Preceded by
    Edward Thompson
    Godfrey Wentworth
    Member of Parliament
    for the City of York

    1742–1761
    With: Godfrey Wentworth 1742–1747
    William Thornton 1747–1754
    Sir John Armytage, Bt 1754–1758
    William Thornton 1758–1761
    Succeeded by
    Sir George Armytage, Bt
    Robert Fox-Lane
    Peerage of Great Britain
    Preceded by
    Second creation
    Baron Bingley
    1762–1773
    Succeeded by
    Title extinct
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