James Fox-Lane

James Fox-Lane (August 1756 – 7 April 1821), known as James Fox until 1773, was an English landed gentleman, who represented Horsham in Parliament for six years.

Early life He was the eldest son of Sackville Fox of East Horsley, Surrey, and his wife Ann Holloway. His father died in 1760 and left him his estate in Surrey, worth about £1,300 per year.

Educated at Marylebone, he was admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge in 1771 and studied there until 1774. On 22 February 1773, he inherited the Bramham Park, Yorkshire estate of his paternal uncle George Fox-Lane, 1st Baron Bingley, and subsequently took the name of Fox-Lane.

Marcia Bridget Lane-Fox (1792–1826), who married Hon. Sir Edward Vavasour, 1st Baronet, a son of Charles Stourton, 17th Baron Stourton and Hon. Mary Langdale (a daughter of the 5th Baron Langdale), in 1813. George Lane-Fox (1793–1848), MP for Beverley who married Georgiana Henrietta Buckley, a daughter of Edward Percy Buckley and the former Lady Georgiana West (a daughter of the 2nd Earl De La Warr), in 1814. Sackville Lane-Fox (1797–1874), who married Lady Charlotte Osborne, a daughter of George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds and Lady Charlotte Townshend (a daughter of the 1st Marquess Townshend), in 1826.

He died on 7 April 1821, his health having declined for some time, and left an estate worth £120,000.

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