Samuel Middleton Fox was born 16 March 1856, the son of Rachel, daughter of Sarah and Alfred Fox, of Falmouth and Samuel Lindoe Fox (1830-1862),[REF] son of Maria Fox (born Middleton) and Samuel Fox (1794-1874) [REF] of Tottenham and of the Wellington branch of the Fox family [REF].
He was the first of many grandsons of his maternal grandparents [REF].