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Up to the end of the 1780s, the prominence of Charles Fox in England owed as much to his position in society as to politics. He was a leading figure at Brooks's and Newmarket as well as Westminster. Fox enjoyed and encouraged friendships more than most men. Foxite politics was often an extension of friendship.
FOX, Hon. Charles James (1749-1806), of St. Anne's Hill, Chertsey, Surr. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 , ed. R. Thorne, 1986 Available from Boydell and Brewer
Charles James Fox was born on 24 January 1749 and was the third son of Henry Fox, first Lord Holland and his wife Lady Caroline Lennox, daughter of the second Duke of Richmond. This made Fox the nephew of the third Duke of Richmond, a leading Rockingham Whig peer. Fox was educated at Eton and Hertford College, Oxford.
Abstract. Fox very quickly became the subject of hagiography. From the Foxite cults of the early 19th century to the biographies written by 20th-century Liberals in search of ancestors, the line of argument was clear. Fox was to be hailed as a keen reformer in religious and political life, and his arguments on these issues contributed mightily ...
4 de jun. de 1992 · Abstract. Fox resumed political life in 1801, but on terms. His interest in politics was at best part-time. Between 1801 and 1806, only twenty-two performances are recorded in the collected edition of his speeches. Letters to friends continue to address themselves to literary and agricultural topics as well as the continuing iniquities of Pitt.
4 de jun. de 1992 · Abstract. The constitutional crisis of 1782–4 was the determining experience in Fox's political career. It would become the terms of reference against which future decisions were taken. Fox was personally shaken, and indeed hurt, by the events of these years. Throughout them, he had endlessly to respond to unforeseen events.
Charles James Fox, né à Londres le 24 janvier 1749 et mort à Chiswick le 13 septembre 1806, est un homme d'État britannique et l'une des principales figures politiques du Parti whig dont la carrière parlementaire s'étale de la fin du XVIIIe siècle au début du XIXe siècle.
