Career
Born in Cardiff, Box was educated at The Cathedral School, Llandaff, Street John"s School in Pinner, and Harrow County School for Boys. He joined the stockbrokers" company Henry J. Thomas at the age of 17. At the outbreak of the Second World War he joined the Royal Air Force and served in the middle east in Egypt, Palestine and Transjordan.
This experience gave him knowledge and interest in the Middle East refugee problem which he took up later in life.
Having joined the Young Conservatives, Box graduated to the Conservative Party and fought Newport at the 1955 general election and a by-election the following year. He made his mark as a strong opponent of strikes (especially unofficial ones).
He championed the cause of business and of redevelopment of Cardiff"s docklands, and blamed any failures on the left. In line with his constituency, in which a large proportion of the property was leasehold, he supported leasehold reform.
He was a strong opponent of the bill to suspend capital punishment in 1965, and criticised excessive welfare payments.
After losing his seat in the 1966 general election, Box returned to Lyddon & Company. He became a Director of North.M. Rothschild in 1988. He died of cancer.