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Hace 5 días · Charles James Fox (1749-1806) was a prominent British Whig member of Parliament and the arch-rival of William Pitt the Younger. A staunch opponent of George III, he supported the American ...
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8 de may. de 2024 · Right Honourable Charles James Fox; Reynolds, Samuel William, 1773-1835, printmaker, publisher; [13 October 1806]
Hace 3 días · His brother, the celebrated Charles James Fox, the "man of the people," is not much associated with Holland House, except as a name. Here, it is true, he passed his boyhood and part of his youth, during which period he was allowed to have pretty much his own way; in fact, he was what is generally styled a "spoilt child."
Hace 4 días · Although not a prime minister, Pitt's great political and oratorical rival, Charles James Fox, who also died in 1806, was commemorated in 1815 with a six-volume collection of 456 of his parliamentary speeches.
Hace 5 días · Francis, the fifth Duke, a close friend of Charles James Fox and the Prince of Wales, succeeded his grandfather in 1771, and died in 1802. In Covent Garden the chief events of his time were the renovation of St. Paul's Church in 1788–9, its rebuilding, after a fire, in 1797–8, the rebuilding of Drury Lane Theatre in 1791–4 and ...
Hace 3 días · On the north side of the enclosure, facing Bedford Place, is a fine bronze statue of Charles James Fox, by Sir Richard Westmacott, set up in 1816. This statue, which rests upon a granite pedestal, is considered to be one of Westmacott's best productions.
Hace 6 días · A design with nine compartments depicting Charles James Fox and Lord North, (as a fox and badger respectively), in a series of scenes beginning with the fox beating the badger in a fight, and culminating in their wedding dance in the last compartment.
