Marcus Fox
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| Member of Parliament for Shipley | |
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| Preceded by | Geoffrey Hirst |
| Succeeded by | Chris Leslie |
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| Born | John Marcus Fox Script error: No such module "person date". Batley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Died | Script error: No such module "person date". Shipley, West Yorkshire, England |
| Party | Conservative |
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Ann Tindall
(m. 1954) |
| Children | 2 |
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Sir John Marcus Fox MBE (11 June 1927 – 16 March 2002) was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Shipley from 1970 to 1997. He was chairman of the 1922 Committee between 1992 and 1997.
Early life
John Marcus Fox was born at the Maternity Home, Bradford Road, Batley, Yorkshire, on Saturday, 11 June 1927.[1] He had a twin sister with whom he attended dancing lessons.[1] At those lessons, he met Betty Boothroyd, later to become the Speaker of the House of Commons.[2] He attended Wheelwright Grammar School for Boys (now a campus of Kirklees College) in Dewsbury.[1]
Fox served in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment as a Lieutenant, a detail which he was sometimes known to mention in after-dinner speeches. Fox left the Army and began his political career with his election to Dewsbury Council in 1956, remaining there until 1963. He then became a bank clerk, a sales manager for Woolworths and for Terry's in York, and then a company director.[3] He unsuccessfully contested the parliamentary seat of Dewsbury in 1959, followed by Huddersfield West in 1966, before eventually being elected for Shipley in 1970.[1]
Parliamentary career
Following Fox's election to parliament as the MP for Shipley, he served as a whip under Edward Heath, and then was a junior minister under Margaret Thatcher. He was moved back to the back-benches in 1981, and started ascending the pole to become chairman of the 1922 Committee, becoming vice-chairman in 1983 and chairman in 1992.[1] He received an MBE in 1963 for political services in Yorkshire,[4] was knighted in 1986 for political service,[5] and became a member of the Privy Council in 1996.[6]
Fox lost his seat at the general election in 1997 to Chris Leslie, the Labour candidate.[1]
Personal life
He married Ann Tindall in 1954; they had a son and a daughter.[2]
Fox was in poor health in the last years of his life, suffering from Alzheimer's disease as well as having multiple strokes.[1] He died at a care home in Shipley, West Yorkshire, on 16 March 2002, at the age of 74.[1]
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h Script error: No such module "template wrapper". (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sir Marcus Fox". The Daily Telegraph. 19 March 2002.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Biffen, John (19 March 2002). "Sir Marcus Fox". The Guardian.
- ^ United Kingdom list: Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.[Script error: No such module "London Gazette util". "No. 42870"]. The London Gazette (Script error: No such module "London Gazette util".). 28 December 1962. p. Script error: No such module "London Gazette util"..
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{{cite magazine}}: Check|url=value (help); More than one of|pages=and|page=specified (help)Script error: No such module "London Gazette util". - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sir Marcus Fox". The Independent. 19 March 2002. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Marcus Fox
- Portraits of Marcus Fox at the National Portrait Gallery, LondonTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
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