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William Augustus Lane Fox (1858–1880)
William Augustus Lane Fox Pitt (1880–1945)

1858–1945

Soldier. Son of Alice Margaret and Augustus Henry Lane Fox. Assumed the additional name of Pitt in 1880. At Charterhouse, 1868–75. Ninety-first Highlanders, 1879; Grenadier Guards, 1880. Retired as major in 1904. Served in the Zulu and South African Wars, and in the First World War. Lieutenant-colonel, Royal Welch Fusiliers. High Sheriff of Anglesey, 1911.

Source

Charterhouse register 1769–1872, p. 228

Bibliography

Charterhouse register, 1769–1872: Charterhouse register, 1769–1872: with appendix of non-Foundationers, 1614–1769. Compiled by R. L. Arrowsmith. London: Phillimore. 1974.

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