Background
Banbury was the eldest son of Frederick Banbury and Cecilia Laura (née Cox) of Shirley House Surrey., and was educated at Winchester College.
Banbury was the eldest son of Frederick Banbury and Cecilia Laura (née Cox) of Shirley House Surrey., and was educated at Winchester College.
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Banbury was elected to represent Camberwell, Peckham in the House of Commons at the 1892 general election, and held the seat in 1895 and 1900. Later in the year he returned to parliament when he was returned unopposed in a by election for the City of London. He held the seat until 1924.
Although he remained on the back benches he was regarded as an institution in the House.
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 raised to the peerage as Baron Banbury of Southam, of Southam in the County of Warwick.
He was the last chairman of the GNR, which lost its identity when, under the Acting 1921, it was grouped with several other railways on 1 January 1923 to become a constituent of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). Sir Frederick was a strong opponent of the railway grouping, and had voted against the Bill during its passage through Parliament.
He wanted no part of the future LNER, and decided to retire from railway service at the end of 1922.
In late September 1922, the GNR honoured Sir Frederick by naming its newest express passenger locomotive northern 1471 Sir Frederick Banbury. This locomotive belonged to GNR Class First Rate (at Lloyd's), was built in July 1922 and remained in service until November 1961.
Banbury married Elizabeth Rosa, daughter of Thomas Barbot Beale, of Brettenham, Suffolk in 1873.
She died in 1930. Banbury survived her by six years and died in August 1936 at his home, Warneford Place, Highworth, Wiltshire aged 85. He was buried in Sevenhampton.
Banbury was an animal lover, and for years was on the council of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and served as its chairman.
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He was a diligent member of the Commons, and was known for his formal attire and punctuality.