Edward Worsdell Fox

1909 - 1994  (84 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.

• Name	Edward Worsdell Fox
  Birth	21 Jul 1909	Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Apr 1994	Didsbury, Manchester, England
  Siblings	1 Sibling
  + 1. Joseph Patrick Fox,   b. 21 Jul 1909, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d. 11 Dec 1990, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England  (Age 81 years) ▻ Ruth Maybery,  m. 13 Jan 1940 + 2. Edward Worsdell Fox,   b. 21 Jul 1909, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d. 15 Apr 1994, Didsbury, Manchester, England  (Age 84 years) ▻ Patricia Mabel Joan Gordon
  Person ID	I2499	Geneagraphie | Descendant of Francis Fox
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000

  
  

  Father	Samuel Alexander Fox,   b. 3 Feb 1875   d. 22 Jan 1948 (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Jessie Hardy   d. 24 Jan 1961
  Marriage	1908
  Family ID	F1017	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Patricia Mabel Joan Gordon   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Christopher Fox,   b. 4 Apr 1946   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F32040	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000

  
  

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• Notes

  It is no small source of satisfaction that an increasing number of Old Sidcotians are acquiring positions of eminence and are earning honours and marks of distinction that sometimes go unrecorded in the Report. No one has perhaps achieved quite the "double" recognition that has been afforded to Ted Fox, our President in 1972-73, who recently retired from his post of Principal of Dalton Hall at the University of Manchester. Space precludes an extensive biography, but the extract printed below will give an idea of the invaluable services that Ted has given to academic life and to industry and social welfare. We are indebted to the University of Manchester Gazette (no. 66, October 1975) for the following: "Mr. Chancellor, Your Grace, "In his youth Mr Edward Fox believed it was a good thing always to walk upside down on his hands after taking a meal. It is not known whether the idea was to help the digestion or to nourish the brain by a system of gravitation. In his case the process produced a man notable for balanced judgement in human affairs and sympathy for individuals caught in awkward situations. His contribution to social welfare in the north-west of England has been considerable."Since 1975 he has been Principal of Dalton Hall, but his association with that desirable residence dates back much further, to the year 1929, when he entered this University (and Dalton Hall) as an undergraduate. His career at University marked him out for leadership. After being Senior Student at Dalton Hall in the session from 1931, he was elected President of the Union in 1932. His period in office was characterised by a flair for negotiation and conciliation which was to become a feature of his life's work. "The strong political sense so evident to his student contemporaries at Manchester developed into a desire for social service rather than for politics in the wider sense. In any case, he would have been a failure as a practising politician: he wanted to do something about problems instead of just talking about them. "As an officer of the Welfare Department of the Ministry of Labour in Liverpool Mr. Fox became involved with special issues concerning the dock industry. It seemed a natural transition that in 1948 he joined the newly-formed National Dock Labour Board on Merseyside as Senior Welfare Officer. He and his staff covered a wide range of activities from First Aid and educational training to the eternal problems of canteens and transport, and even the showing of films. It was this latter activity which gained him the name among the dockers of 'Twentieth Century Fox' - as much a testimony to friendship as to wit."He was for a time Chairman of the Merseyside Branch of the Institute of Personnel Management and Chairman of the North Regional Committee. For the past ten years he has served on the panel of Arbitrators of the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service. The region, the University, and not least the residents of Dalton Hall have benefitted immeasurably from his imaginative understanding of men and affairs. "Mr. Chancellor, Your Grace, on behalf of the University, I present to you Edward Wordsell [sic] Fox for the degree of Master of Arts, honoris causa." Ted Fox achieved his "double" when he was awarded an M.B.E. in the Birthday Hounours List for 1978 in recognition of his services on the Supplementary Benefit Tribunals on Merseyside, where he is currently Senior Chairman. His experience in this field spans more than two decades and he now chairs meetings of the combined Chairmen of the whole North-Western Region. The Association sends affectionate congratulations to Ted on these tokens of his long and valuable service to a wider society. M.v.B. Obituary: (SOSA Report 1994) Ted Fox went to Sidcot with his twin brother and was there from 1919 to 1927. He was head boy in his final year and then went for a year to be a student master at Saffron Walden before going to Manchester University in 1929. Both he and Japhet resided in Dalton Hall and Ted became president of the students' union before leaving in 1933. Ted, like his brother, was a keen sportsman and active participant at Easter reunions in his early years; one contemporary describes them as "both very good at games and fun to be with". On leaving university to take a post with the Liverpool Council of Social Service, Ted began a lifetime of distinguished service to the community in which his embracing interest in the personal welfare and progress of all he met enriched his life and affected the lives of others. During the war years he served with the Ministry of Labour and from 1948 to 1965 he was senior welfare officer with the National Dock Labour Board on Merseyside. He was chairman of the Supplementary Benefit Appeal Tribunal in the north-west region from 1964 to 1982 and was an industrial arbitrator on panels of ACAS and other bodies from 1967 to 1985. In 1965 Ted was appointed principal of Dalton Hall, by then one of a number of halls of residence for Manchester University. He was in his element as he and his wife Patricia extended their interest in the welfare of their students to include, in due course, spouses and families, thus generating a voluminous correspondence as career paths and family interests were followed. Ted was awarded the honorary degree of MA from Manchester in 1974 and was made an MBE in 1978. When their son Christopher went to Sidcot, Ted and Patricia became regular attenders at Easter reunions and he was president in 1972. He was a lifelong Quaker, serving the society in various capacities. In his youth he wrote poetry to which he returned in later life and he continued to swim with great skill right up until the time of a severe stroke in 1989. After this he was incapacitated, stoically accepting the frustration of an active mind in an inactive body. He is remembered as a benevolent friend with a great sense of fun and a wealth of experience in matters of social justice to which he applied himself throughout his life. Contributor to 'Island in the Hills' (Christine Gladwin).