178 BINGLEY the Household to George II 1730-31. He obtained from the Crown the grant of the extensive tract called Bramham JVIoor, co. York, whereon he erected a stately mansion. Hem., 21 Dec. 1703, at St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, Elizabeth, da. of Heneage (Finch), ist Earl of Aylesford, by Elizabeth, da. ofSir John Banks, Bart. He d. s.p.m., 9, and was l)ur. 14 Apr. 1731, in Westm. Abbey, aged 55. At his death his Peerage became extinct. Will dat. 27 June 1729 to 9 Mar. 1729/30, pr. 13 Apr. 1731. His widow ^. 26 Feb., and was bur. 11 Mar. 1757, in Westm. Abbey, aged 78. Will dat. 25 July 1737 [sic], pr. 26 Mar. 1757. I. George Fox (afterwards Fox-Lane), s. and h. of II. 1762 Henry Fox {d. 1719), by his 2nd wife, Frances, da. of to George (Lane), ist Viscount Lanesborough [I.], was 1773. M.P. (Tory) for Hindon, 1734-41; and for the city of York 1742-61, and, having sue. to the estates of the family of Lane under the will of his maternal uncle, James, 2nd Viscount Lanes- borough [I.], took, by act of Pari. 22 Mar, 1750/1, the name of Lane after that of Fox. On 13 May 1762, he was cr. BARON BINGLEY, CO. York, with rem. to the heirs male of his body on the body of his wife, Harriet. He m., 12 July 1731, at Somerset House chapel, Harriet,(^) da. and sole h. of Robert (Benson), Baron Bingley, and Elizabeth, his wife, abovenamed. She, who was bap. at St. Margt., Westm., 4 Feb. 1704/5, d. at Bath, in her 67th year, 7, and was bur. 13 Apr. 1771, with her parents in Westm. Abbey. He d. s.p.s.,(^) 22 Feb. 1773, at Bramham Park, in his 77th year, when his Peerage became extinct. Will dat. 30 May 1770, pr. 27 Apr. I773-C) BINNING BARONY [S.] I. Sir Thomas Hamilton, Secretary of State and Lord Clerk Register [S.], was in 16 13 cr. LORD I. 16 13. BINNING AND BYRES, co. Haddington [S.]. On 20 Mar. 1 619 he was cr. Earl of Melrose, co. Roxburgh [S.], which by patent dat. 27 Aug. 1627, was exchanged for the Earldom OF Haddington, with the former precedency. See "Haddington," Earl- dom of [S.], cr. 1627, with the precedency of 1619. (^) She is said to have brought him j^ioo,ooo and estates (including that of Bram- ham, CO. York) worth ,^7,000 a year. C") His only legitimate child, Robert, b. 5 Aug. 1732, M.P. for York 1761-68, though twice married, d. s.p. and v.p.. May 1768. General Burgoyne, a prominent Whig politician, and a somewhat incompetent Commander in the American War, is said, on the authority of Horace Walpole, in a letter to Mason, dated 5 Oct. i 7 7 7, to have been his illegitimate son, but the Editor has been unable to find anything in con- firmation of this statement. V.G. (^) He devised the Bramham estate which he had derived from his xvife to his own nephew James Fox-Lane (the friend of George IV), who d. in 7 Apr. 1821, leaving issue.
