Frederick Banbury, 1st Baron Banbury of Southam

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.

Banbury was the son of Frederick Banbury and Cecilia Laura (née Cox), and was educated at Winchester College. 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. 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. Banbury was created a Baronet, of Southam in the County of Warwick, in 1903, and admitted to the Privy Council in 1916. 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.

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/ www.thepeerage.com]