Felicity Lane-Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox

Baroness Lane-Fox photographed by Ken Stewart whilst on holiday at Netley Waterside House, Netley Abbey, Southampton between 1976 and 1986 date unknown

Felicity Lane-Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox, OBE (22 June 1918 – 17 April 1988) was a Conservative member of the House of Lords and champion of disability issues.[1][2]

She was born in Tadcaster, Yorkshire, the daughter of Edward Lane-Fox, who was brother of George Lane-Fox, 1st Baron Bingley. At the age of 12 she was paralysed by an attack of poliomyelitis. Despite these difficulties, she and her parents enjoyed family activities together; in September 1945, they reportedly attended horse-related events at their family seat, Bramham Park, alongside Countess Wharncliffe, Sir George Martin, Mr and Mrs Middleton Joy and other society members.[3] Like the Baroness, her family were supporters of the Conservative Party for which they reportedly held fund-raising events at Bramham Park in the 1930s.[4]

In 1963 she became a member of the executive of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations.[1] In the 1976 New Year Honours she was appointed OBE for services to disabled people.[5]

On 19 May 1981 she was created a life peer, as Baroness Lane-Fox, of Bramham in the County of West Yorkshire.[6] Using an electric wheelchair, she was an active member of the House of Lords until her death.[2] She was the aunt of Robin Lane Fox and great-aunt of his daughter Martha Lane Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho.

References

  1. ^ a b Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 retrieved 1 March 2013
  2. ^ a b The Times, 18 April 1988, p. 18.
  3. ^ "Bramham Park". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer Yorkshire, England. 5 September 1945. Retrieved 19 February 2022. Bramham Park...Family parties included Lord and Lady Bingley from Bramham Park, with two daughters, the Hon. Mrs. Kenneth Parkinson and the Hon. Mrs. C.... Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lane-Fox with Miss Felicity Lane-Fox and Mrs. R. V. Taylor... Brigadier and ...Countess Wharncliffe, another to wear furs. From Leeds came Sir George Martin, Lady Davies, Colonel and Mrs. F. E. Tetley, Mr and Mrs. Middleton Joy....
  4. ^ "BRIDGE DRIVE AT BRAMHAM PARK". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer Yorkshire, England. 15 December 1933. Retrieved 15 November 2022. BRIDGE DRIVE AT BRAMHAM PARK . The Bridge...in aid of Conservative Party funds, held at Bramham Park yesterday afternoon, at the invitation of Lord and Lady Bingley, was extremely well attended. One hundred and thirty-five tables were in use in ...
  5. ^ "No. 46777". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1976. pp. 10–10.
  6. ^ "No. 48618". The London Gazette. 22 May 1981. p. 7129.