George Lane-Fox (sheriff)
George Lane-Fox JP DL, of Bowcliffe Hall, was an English landowner and politician.
Early life
Lane-Fox was born on 13 November 1816. He was the only son of George Lane-Fox, MP for Beverley, and Georgiana Henrietta Buckley. His sister, Frederica Elizabeth Lane-Fox, married Hon. Sir Adolphus Liddell. By early 1824, his parents were separated, and by the late 1820s, his mother "had a 'notorious' and indiscreet affair" with the Earl of Chesterfield, who later abandoned her to marry Anne Weld Forester in 1830. His brother Sackville succeeded him in 1840.His father was the eldest son of James Fox-Lane, of Bramham Park, and Hon. Mary Lucy Pitt. His maternal grandparents were Edward Percy Buckley and Lady Georgiana West.
He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.
Career
Lane-Fox was a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant, for the West Riding of County York.He also served as High Sheriff of Leitrim in 1846 and High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1873.
Personal life
On 17 November 1837, Lane-Fox was married to Katherine Mary Stein, daughter of Grace and John Stein, MP for Bletchingley. Together, they were the parents of three sons and three daughters, including:- George Sackville Frederick Lane-Fox, who married Fanny Maule Slade, daughter of Lt.-Gen. Marcus Slade, in 1870. After her death in 1875, he married Annette Mary Weld-Blundell, daughter of Thomas Weld-Blundell of Blundell Hall, in 1879.
- James Thomas Richard Lane-Fox, who married Lucy St. John-Mildmay, a daughter of Humphrey St John-Mildmay, in 1868.
- Caroline Alexina Lane-Fox, who married Maj. John Cavendish Orred, son of George Orred and Matilda Thistlethwayte.
- Kathleen Mary Lane-Fox, who married Francis Charles Liddell, son of Col. Hon. George Liddell and Cecil Elizabeth Jane Wellesley, in 1884.