Frederick George Banbury, 1st Baron Banbury of Southam PC (2 December 1850 – 13 August 1936), known as Sir Frederick Banbury, 1st Baronet, from 1903 to 1924, was a British businessman and Conservative Member of Parliament. Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament.
Banbury was the son of Frederick Banbury and Cecilia Laura (née Cox), and was educated at Winchester College. Winchester College is a well-known boys' Independent school, and an example of an English Public school, in the city of Winchester in Hampshire He was admitted to the London Stock Exchange in 1872 and was head of Frederick Banbury and Sons, stockbrokers, of London, between 1879 and 1906, as well as Chairman of the Great Northern Railway and a director of the London and Provincial Bank. The London Stock Exchange or LSE is a Stock exchange located in London, England. A stock broker or stockbroker is a qualified and regulated professional who buys and sells shares and other securities through Market makers or London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The Great Northern Railway (GNR was a British railway company established by the London & York Railway Act of 1846 Apart from his business career he also represented Camberwell, Peckham in the House of Commons from 1892 to 1906 and the City of London from 1906 to 1924. Peckham was a Borough constituency in South London which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords The City of London was a former United Kingdom Parliamentary Constituency. Banbury was created a Baronet, of Southam in the County of Warwick, in 1903, and admitted to the Privy Council in 1916. Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. After his retirement from the House of Commons in 1924 he was further honoured when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Banbury of Southam, of Southam in the County of Warwick.
Lord Banbury of Southam married Elizabeth Rosa, daughter of Thomas Barbot Beale, in 1873. She died in 1930. Banbury survived her by six years and died in August 1936, aged 85. He was succeeded in the barony by his grandson Charles, his only son Captain Charles William Banbury having been killed in the First World War. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- www.thepeerage.com
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Arthur Anthony Baumann |
Member of Parliament for Peckham 1892–1906 |
Succeeded by Charles Goddard Clarke |
| Preceded by Sir Edward George Clarke Arthur Balfour |
Member of Parliament for the City of London with Arthur Balfour 1906–1922 Edward Grenfell 1922–1924 1906–1924 |
Succeeded by Edward Grenfell Sir Thomas Vansittart Bowater |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by (new creation) |
Baronet (of Southam) 1903–1936 |
Succeeded by Charles William Banbury |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by (new creation) |
Baron Banbury of Southam 1924–1936 |
Succeeded by Charles William Banbury |
Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic