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Charles James Fox was born in London on 24 January 1749. His family was firmly placed within the political establishment, with his mother being the great-granddaughter of Charles II and his father having faithfully served Walpole for many years. From his early years, Fox mixed both a willingness and aptitude for hard work with periods of ...
4 de jun. de 1992 · Charles James Fox was one of the most colourful figures in 18th-century politics. Notorious for the excesses of his private life, he was at the same time one of the leading politicians of his generation, dominating the Whig party and polite society. As the political rival of Pitt the Younger and the intellectual rival of Edmund Burke, his views ...
Charles James Fox - Fox-North Coalition, Whig Politician, Statesman: Fox always had a liking for coalitions; on Feb. 14, 1783, he joined with his old enemy North to eject the new government and accomplished his object 10 days later. Defending an action that was undoubtedly unpopular and damaging to his reputation, Fox maintained that it was wise and candid to end the hostility between North ...
Holland’s death in July 1774 was followed six months later by that of his eldest son, when Fox inherited the sinecure of clerk of the pells in Ireland which he exchanged for a pension of £1700 per annum for thirty-one years.8 ‘I was told today’, wrote James Harris on 28 Nov. 1775,9 ‘that Charles Fox was not worth a farthing, and [had ...
Hace 5 días · Search for: 'Charles James Fox' in Oxford Reference ». (1749–1806).Educated at Eton and Oxford, Fox entered the House of Commons while still under age in 1768. He held minor office under North but fell foul of the king over the Royal Marriages Act. Once in opposition Fox was drawn to alliance with the Rockinghamite Whigs.
查尔斯·詹姆士·福克斯（Charles James Fox，1749年1月24日－1806年9月13日），英国辉格党资深政治家，自18世纪后期至19世纪初年任下议院议员长达38年之久，是皮特担任首相期间的主要对手。父亲同为辉格党员的福克斯，年仅19岁的时候就已经打破议会规例晋身下院。他的早期言论及主张虽然倾向保守 ...
Charles James Fox, the son of the Henry Fox, a leading politician in the House of Commons, was born on 24th January, 1749. After being educated at Eton and Oxford University, Fox was elected to represent Midhurst in the Commons when he was only nineteen. At the age of twenty-one, Fox was appointed by Frederick North, the prime minister, as the ...
