Editing Lang Hancock (section)

{{short description|Australian businessman (1909–1992)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Lang Hancock
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| birth_name         = Langley Frederick George Hancock
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1909|06|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Perth, Western Australia]]
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1992|03|27|1909|06|10|df=yes}}
| death_place        = Prix D'Amour, [[Mosman Park, Western Australia]]
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| known_for          = Discovery of the world's largest iron deposit; [[Secessionism in Western Australia|Western Australian secessionism]];<br>[[Hancock Prospecting|other business and mining interests]]
| boards             = [[Hancock Prospecting|Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd]]
| occupation         = [[iron ore|Mining]] [[Business magnate|magnate]]
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Susette Maley|1935|1944|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Hope Nicholas Clark|1947|1983|reason=died}}
* {{marriage|[[Rose Lacson]]|1985}}
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| children           = [[Gina Rinehart]]
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'''Langley Frederick George "Lang" Hancock''' (10 June 1909{{spaced ndash}} 27 March 1992) was an Australian [[iron ore]] [[Business magnate|magnate]] from [[Western Australia]] who maintained a high profile in the spheres of business and politics.  Famous initially for discovering the world's largest iron ore deposit in 1952 and becoming one of the richest men in Australia, he is now perhaps best remembered for his marriage to the much-younger [[Rose Porteous]], a [[Filipino people|Filipino]] woman and his former maid.  Hancock's daughter, [[Gina Rinehart]], was bitterly opposed to Hancock's relationship with Porteous. The conflicts between Rinehart and Porteous overshadowed his final years and continued until more than a decade after his death.