Baron Bingley
Baron Bingley was a hereditary British title of nobility awarded twice in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Awards
For the first time the title Baron Bingley , of Bingley in the County of York , for the Chancellor of the Exchequer Robert Benson was created on July 21, 1713 in the Peerage of Great Britain . The title expired when he died on April 9, 1731 without male heirs.
On May 13, 1762, the title Baron Bingley , of Bingley in the County of York, for his son-in-law, the House of Commons George Fox-Lane , was newly created in the Peerage of Great Britain . His only son, the Hon. Robert Fox-Lane died before him in 1768, so that the title expired when he died on February 22, 1773.
In the third award, the title of Baron Bingley , of Bramham in the County of York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, was bestowed on July 24, 1933, to the former Minister of Mining George Lane-Fox . This was a great-great-great-nephew of the baron's second bestowal. He had four daughters but no sons, so that the title expired on his death on December 11, 1947.
List of Barons Bingley
Barone Bingley, first bestowal (1713)
- Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley (around 1676–1731)
Barons Bingley, second bestowal (1763)
- George Fox-Lane, 1st Baron Bingley (around 1697–1773)
Barons Bingley, third award (1933)
- George Lane-Fox, 1st Baron Bingley (1870-1947)
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 978-0-9929348-2-8 .
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page