George FOX (1836

George FOX (1836 - 1914)

Member of the Legislative Assembly, JP

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Isaac A E FOX (1864 - ) George W FOX (1865 - ) Ethelwin Mary Eliza FOX (1868 - ) Reginald Alexander FOX (1870 - 1872) George Harry St.Laurence FOX (1871 - 1915) Frank FOX (1873 - 1934) Herbert O'Reilly FOX (1874 - 1945) Hilder Blanche FOX (1875 - 1876) William Christian FOX (1879 - 1879)	George FOX (1836 - 1914) + Elizabeth ELLIOTT Annie Milburne ELLIOTT (1851 - 1924)	Isaac FOX (1810 - 1878)	Isaac FOX (1759 - 1811)	Gilbert FOX (1714 - 1780)
				Mary WILSON (1714 - 1785)
			Mary Eliza YOUNG (1788 - 1875)	David YOUNG
				Isabella SAYLE
		Mary Bridget RICHARDSON (1815 - 1845)	George RICHARDSON (1782 - 1862)

			Bridget COCK (1783 - 1830)

b. 1836 at Croydon, Surrey, England

m. (1) 1863 Elizabeth ELLIOTT at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

m. (2) 21 Sep 1867 Annie Milburne ELLIOTT (1851 - 1924) at Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia

d. 27 Jan 1914 at Yeronga, Queensland, Australia aged 78

Near Relatives of George FOX (1836 - 1914)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Isaac FOX	1759	England	Jan 1811		52
Grandmother	Mary Eliza YOUNG	abt 04 Jan 1788	Buckinghamshire, England	16 Apr 1875	Buckingham Pl, Brighton, England	87
Grandfather	George RICHARDSON	1782		1862		80
Grandmother	Bridget COCK	1783		1830		47

Father in Law	Robert Robin John ELLIOTT	11 Mar 1811	Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England	04 Jun 1891	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	80
Mother in Law	Sarah Milburne CARR	10 Jun 1813	Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England	08 Feb 1885	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	71

Father	Isaac FOX	14 Feb 1810	Liverpool, Lancashire, England	30 Nov 1878	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	68
Mother	Mary Bridget RICHARDSON	abt 1815	Croydon, Surrey, England	10 Jan 1845	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	30

Self	George FOX	1836	Croydon, Surrey, England	27 Jan 1914	Yeronga, Queensland, Australia	78

Wife	Elizabeth ELLIOTT
Wife	Annie Milburne ELLIOTT	1851	New South Wales, Australia	31 Mar 1924	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	73

Son	Isaac A E FOX	1864	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Son	George W FOX	1865	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter	Ethelwin Mary Eliza FOX	1868	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Son	Reginald Alexander FOX	1870	Queensland, Australia	1872	Queensland, Australia	2
Son	George Harry St.Laurence FOX	1871	Queensland, Australia	1915	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	44
Son	Frank FOX	1873	Glebe, New South Wales, Australia	abt 1934		61
Son	Herbert O'Reilly FOX	02 Jun 1874	Queensland, Australia	Feb 1945	Queensland, Australia	70
Daughter	Hilder Blanche FOX	1875	Queensland, Australia	1876	Queensland, Australia	1
Son	William Christian FOX	1879	Queensland, Australia	1879	Queensland, Australia	0

Brother	Isaac Alexander FOX	26 May 1838	At sea	30 Aug 1918	Queensland, Australia	80
Brother	John Ruskin FOX	27 Aug 1840	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	27 Feb 1873	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia	32
Sister	Mary Eliza FOX	11 Nov 1841	Taradale, Lake George, New South Wales, Australia	20 Jan 1876	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia	34
Brother	William Richardson FOX	26 Oct 1843	Taradale, Lake George, New South Wales, Australia	29 Jun 1898	South Pine River, Queensland, Australia	54
Half Sister	Ann FOX	09 Oct 1850	Bungonia, New South Wales, Australia	1927	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	77
Half Brother	Thomas Lambert FOX	07 May 1852	Bungonia, New South Wales, Australia	1882	Winton, Queensland, Australia	30
Half Brother	Edward Carter FOX	17 Jun 1854	Bungonia, New South Wales, Australia	1861	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	7
Half Brother	Frederick Young FOX	13 Apr 1856	Bungonia, New South Wales, Australia	1938		82
Half Sister	Emma Oldfield FOX	16 May 1858	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	08 Nov 1942	Mosman, New South Wales, Australia	84
Half Sister	Fanny FOX	28 Mar 1860	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	1947	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	87
Half Brother	Benjamin Carter FOX	10 Feb 1862	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	1913	West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia	51
Half Sister	Alice Maud FOX	07 Nov 1864	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	23 Aug 1951		86
Half Brother	Arthur Holroyd FOX	27 Aug 1866	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	13 Jun 1955	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia	88

Son in Law	William JAMES-WALLACE
Daughter in Law	Amy Blanche BADGERY	1877	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia	1967	St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia	90
Daughter in Law	Isabella Margaret IRVINE			1909	Queensland, Australia
Daughter in Law	Edith BROOKES	27 Feb 1862	Manchester, Lancashire, England	Mar 1926	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	64
Daughter in Law	Margaret Ellen GENNINGES	04 Dec 1889	Queensland, Australia	Aug 1977	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	87

Granddaughter	Annie Milburn Valentine JAMES-WALLACE	1892	Queensland, Australia
Grandson	William Henry JAMES-WALLACE	1896	Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter	Ethelwynne Jean Willmore JAMES-WALLACE	1900	Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter	Enid Amy FOX	1901	Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter	Doris Brenda FOX	1904	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter	Wanda Blanche FOX	1908	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Uncle	John FOX	28 Nov 1794		1852		58
Aunt	Mary Lavina DREW			1896
Aunt	Elisa FOX	02 May 1808		1875		67
Uncle	Thomas LAMBERT	1810		1881		71
Aunt	Mary Elizabeth CHRISP	bef 26 Jul 1831	Kennington, Surrey, England

Cousin	Stephen FOX
Cousin	Theodora FOX
Cousin	John Tregea Titley FOX	26 Aug 1832
Cousin	Charlotte Eliza Titley FOX	06 May 1835
Cousin	Isaac FOX	14 Jun 1850		1924	Jamaica	74
Cousin	Thomas LAMBERT	1841		1881		40
Cousin	Frederick Fox LAMBERT	1843		1918		75
Cousin	Edward Tiley LAMBERT	1844		1908		64
Cousin	Emma LAMBERT	1847
Cousin	Streeter LAMBERT	abt 1848		1910		62
Cousin	Isaac Cowley LAMBERT	1851
Cousin	Mary Eliza LAMBERT	1854

Nephew	Isaac FOX	1871	Queensland, Australia	24 Feb 1893	Queensland, Australia	22
Nephew	George FOX	1872	Queensland, Australia	14 Jul 1936	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	64
Niece	Mary Anne FOX	1874	Queensland, Australia	07 Sep 1878	Queensland, Australia	4
Niece	Edith Marion FOX	1876	Queensland, Australia	07 Aug 1917	Queensland, Australia	41
Niece	Annie Elizabeth FOX	1879	Queensland, Australia	19 Jan 1930		51
Nephew	John William FOX	06 Apr 1883	Queensland, Australia	30 Jan 1884	Queensland, Australia	0
Nephew	Martin Alexander FOX	06 Apr 1883	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Laurence Edward FOX	07 Feb 1886	Queensland, Australia	20 Aug 1974	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	88
Nephew	John FOX	1864	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Edwin J FOX	1865	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Esther A FOX	1869	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	George FOX	1870	Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Isaac Alexander FOX	1873	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Francis J WALLIS	1866	Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Hannah E WALLIS	1867	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia	1868	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia	1
Niece	Mary E WALLIS	1867	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Clara WALLIS	1868	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Emily Mary WALLIS	1870	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Willie Stephen WALLIS	1871	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia	1948	Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia	77
Niece	Isabella L WALLIS	1875	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	George Edward FOX	17 Sep 1867	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	30 Jun 1964	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	96
Nephew	William Richardson Isaac Elliott FOX	26 Jul 1872	Broadsound, Queensland, Australia	28 Aug 1954	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	82
Nephew	Arthur Robert FOX	14 Sep 1874	Queensland, Australia	Y
Nephew	Leonard Ernest FOX	11 Oct 1876	Claremont, Queensland, Australia	27 Dec 1950	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	74
Niece	Emily Eliza FOX	27 Oct 1878	Queensland, Australia	Y
Nephew	Frederick Winton FOX	07 Nov 1880	Winton, Queensland, Australia	bef 07 Nov 1959	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	79
Niece	Sarah Edith FOX	24 Jul 1882	Queensland, Australia
Niece	Ethel Mary FOX	11 Aug 1884	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Carr James FOX	11 Apr 1887	Queensland, Australia	1957	Queensland, Australia	70
Niece	Gertrude Everal Evril FOX	02 Oct 1889	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Thomas Lambert BADGERY	1883	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia	1957	Bowral, New South Wales, Australia	74
Nephew	Philip O Alexander BADGERY	1885	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia	1947	Bowral, New South Wales, Australia	62
Niece	Enid Gertrude BADGERY	1887	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Malcolm Fox BADGERY	1889	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia	26 Nov 1939	Roma, Queensland, Australia	50
Nephew	Ronald Oscar BADGERY	1891	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia	1970	Manly, New South Wales, Australia	79
Nephew	Sydney Craig FOX	1885	Berrima, New South Wales, Australia	1948		63
Niece	Madge Anette FOX	1887	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Norman Lambert FOX	1889	Claremont, Queensland, Australia	18 Feb 1916	Cairo, Egypt	27
Nephew	Frederick Young FOX	1894	Queensland, Australia	1964		70
Nephew	William Wentworth BUCKNELL	1891	Petersham, New South Wales, Australia	10 Aug 1917	Belgium	26
Niece	Fanny F BUCKNELL	1892	Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Dorothy H BUCKNELL	1894	Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Muriel O BUCKNELL	1897	Marrickville, Sydney, Australia
Niece	Gwendoline J BUCKNELL	1903	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Douglas Wentworth BUCKNELL	1905	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia	1968	Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia	63
Nephew	Henry Stuart MANNING	03 Jul 1893	Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia	1895	Brewarrina, New South Wales, Australia	2
Niece	Alice Wilmore (Wilsie) MANNING	14 Aug 1896	Marrickville, Sydney, Australia
Nephew	Arthur Lambert Young FOX			10 Feb 1995	Epping, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Alice Louise FOX	1905	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Isaac L FOX	1907	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia	1907	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia	0
Nephew	George ELLIOTT	1893	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	1965	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	72

Brother in Law	Robert Pinkerton Dixon ELLIOTT	11 Dec 1833	England	03 Dec 1892	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	58
Sister in Law	Elizabeth ELLIOTT	1836	Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England
Sister in Law	Mary Jane ELLIOTT	26 Mar 1841	New South Wales, Australia
Brother in Law	William Carr ELLIOTT	1843	New South Wales, Australia	1929	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	86
Brother in Law	Thomas ELLIOTT	1845	New South Wales, Australia	09 May 1918	Winton, Queensland, Australia	73
Brother in Law	James ELLIOTT	1848	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	11 Jul 1918	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	70
Sister in Law	Sarah Milburne ELLIOTT	1848	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	19 May 1937	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	89
Sister in Law	Jane ELLIOTT	1850	New South Wales, Australia
Sister in Law	Eleanor C ELLIOTT	1853	New South Wales, Australia
Sister in Law	Frances Milburne ELLIOTT	1854	New South Wales, Australia	1945	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	91
Brother in Law	Henry John ELLIOTT	1857	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	1935	Granville, New South Wales, Australia	78
Sister in Law	Mary Anne O'NEILL	25 Nov 1844	New South Wales, Australia	26 Jul 1919	Queensland, Australia	74
Sister in Law	Sarah Ann FUNNELL	1845		1923		78
Brother in Law	Joseph WALLIS
Brother in Law	John Alexander BADGERY	1835	New South Wales, Australia	08 May 1916	Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia	81
Sister in Law	Margaret Isabell CRAIG	01 Jun 1864	Nelson, New Zealand	1940		76
Brother in Law	William Wentworth BUCKNELL	14 Jul 1858	Glebe, New South Wales, Australia	17 May 1926	Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia	67
Brother in Law	Stuart W MANNING
Sister in Law	Alice Kate SHARPE		London, Middlesex, England	13 Mar 1948	Mosman, New South Wales, Australia

Events in George FOX (1836 - 1914)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1836		George FOX was born	Croydon, Surrey, England
10 Jan 1845	9	Death of mother Mary Bridget RICHARDSON (aged 30)	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	V1845458 30B/1845	11
1863	27	Married Elizabeth ELLIOTT	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	186/1863
1864	28	Birth of son Isaac A E FOX	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	557/1864
1865	29	Birth of son George W FOX	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1313/1865
21 Sep 1867	31	Married Annie Milburne ELLIOTT (aged 16)	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	2185/1867	20
1868	32	Birth of daughter Ethelwin Mary Eliza FOX	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1754/1868	20
1870	34	Birth of son Reginald Alexander FOX	Queensland, Australia	1870/C3064
1871	35	Birth of son George Harry St.Laurence FOX	Queensland, Australia	1871/C3191
1872	36	Death of son Reginald Alexander FOX (aged 2)	Queensland, Australia	1872/C1123
1873	37	Birth of son Frank FOX	Glebe, New South Wales, Australia	3625/1873	20
02 Jun 1874	38	Birth of son Herbert O'Reilly FOX	Queensland, Australia	1874/C3852	20
1875	39	Birth of daughter Hilder Blanche FOX	Queensland, Australia	1875/C3840
1876	40	Death of daughter Hilder Blanche FOX (aged 1)	Queensland, Australia	1876/C2251
30 Nov 1878	42	Death of father Isaac FOX (aged 68)	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	6024/1878	11
1879	43	Birth of son William Christian FOX	Queensland, Australia	1879/C5049
1879	43	Death of son William Christian FOX	Queensland, Australia	1879/C2102
27 Jan 1914	78	George FOX died	Yeronga, Queensland, Australia	1914/C3234	20

Personal Notes:

GEORGE FOX Born 1836 Corydon, England and died on 27 January 1914 at “Lotus” Yeronga Brisbane aged 78 years. Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was buried on 28 January 1914 at the South Brisbane Cemetery. George Fox was educated privately and remained at the parental homestead Jerrara Bungonia until his 24th year. He went to Sydney and opened a business as a Commission Agent. At 28 years of age he married Elizabeth Lindley. Three boys were born but did not survive. Elizabeth may have died for it is recorded that he married Annie Milburn Elliott, daughter of Robert Elliott of New South Wales, Gundagai. “A History of Queensland” states that he married Annie in 1867.

George moved to Queensland in 1868 and became a managing partner in a firm of contractors with a contract to move ore from the Peak Downs Copperfields to Broadsound. In 1877 he established a stock and station and general agency in Rockhampton. He continued in business for a short two years and in 1879 took up Lotus Creek and Croydon Stations.

He ran 14,000 to 15,000 head of cattle until 1902 (about 400 square miles). About 5,000 head were mustered after the 1902 drought. In 1899 he purchased “Killarney” of 53 square miles. In 1914 after his death, the whole of his estate was brought over by his son George Harry SL Fox who subsequently sold “Killarney” to his brother Frank. George Fox was of outstanding personality; tall, good looking, always immaculately dressed and is said to have liked the ladies. He certainly was if high intelligence with a vigorous and forceful character.

He was interested in mining between Rockhampton and Nebo. He was a moving figure in the establishment of the early Meatworks at St Lawrence. George was a JP with a keen interest in local divisional affairs. For many years he was Chairman of the Broadsound Board and a member of the Gogango Divisional Board.

He succeeded Oscar de Stage as a member for the Normanby Constituency in the old Legislative Assembly on 15 May 1877. He lost his seat but was returned again in 1901 and continued to hold it until his death in 1914. He was involved in the passage of the Agricultural Bank Act while the establishment of the State Farm at Warren was, in great measure the result of his personal efforts. “In politics he was the most loved man in the house”. He certainly would have been popular.

George was the leader of the family in Queensland. He was instrumental in bringing his stepbrothers, Tom and Frederick to Queensland. They took up land in the same district as “Bombandy”. George and Annie had seven children but only four survived.

Mary Eliza (Ethel) was 44 at George’s death in 1914, George Harry St Lawrence (43), Frank (41), Herbert O’Reilly (39). All remained in the district for much of their lives and the three boys ran their own grazing properties.

George’s Children
Mary Eliza – thought to have married a Mr Wallace of the central district and had a family. A son, Harry Wallace has been mentioned by older members of the family.

George Harry St Lawrence Fox – was educated at “Croydon”. He married Amy, the daughter of John Badgery of “Ivy Hall” and a stepdaughter of Annie, Isaac’s eldest daughter by his second marriage. Amy had been invited to stay at “Bombandy” with Frederick Young Fox and his wife who had been a governess at “Croydon”. It was here that Amy met “Harry” Fox. Amy was the last of her generation and in 1967 was a grand old lady. We met her in Sydney. She had three daughters Enid, Wanda and Brenda. After “Croydon” was sold, the family moved to New South Wales. Brenda married a Mr Littlejohn and one son, Ted, had a property near Capella in Central Queensland. Ted’s son Ian Littlejohn was a student at the Brisbane Grammar School and has visited 8 Hiron Street, St Lucia with my sons Peter, George (Cameron) and Norman.

Frank Fox – of “Killarney”, son of George was born in Sydney in 1873. Tutor and Governess, Margaret Holmes, who married Frederick Young Fox, educated Frank at “Croydon”

In 1980 he became actively engaged in stock and station work. After some six years he went sugar planting at Mackay. He sold out in 1898 and managed “Lake Learmouth” on the Fitzroy of PF MacDonald. He remained on the property until 1914.

He took over “Killarney” in that year. Frank married Isabel Margaret Irvine, a niece of PF MacDonald of Yamba in 1900 but Isabel died on 1909 without issue.

The writer remembers Frank Fox as a tall, dark, slim, good-looking man in Rockhampton in 1933 and 1934. Frank visited my mother one day and for no apparent reason except, after many years to renew acquaintances. He heard I was interested in boxing and promptly arranged and paid for lessons. Before the friendship could grow he was killed as a result of a car accident while inspecting bullocks, I think at Marlborough in 1934 or 1934. I attended his funeral. He was buried at the Dawson Road Cemetery in Rockhampton.

Herbert O’Reilly Fox – I have no record of Herbert O’Reilly except that he remained in the district and during the 1930’s owned a property near Canal Creek north east of Rockhampton. In later life he was reputed to be deaf, and if married there is no evidence of any children.

Source References:

2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Down Under, Title: Devon to Down Under, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997

- Reference = 86 (Name, Notes)

20. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Fox family tree, Title: Fox family, Locn: http://www.foxfamilyhistory.com/

- Reference = http://www.foxfamilyhistory.com/Isaac_Fox_1810/1st_Children.htm (Marriage)

- Reference = http://www.foxfamilyhistory.com/Isaac_Fox_1810/1st_Children.htm (Death)

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