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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.
Charles James Fox (1749-1806) was a Whig statesman, orator and friend of George, Prince of Wales. His parliamentary career spanned 38 years; he was Britain’s first Foreign Secretary, and a prominent opponent of George III and William Pitt the Younger. He spent almost all his political career in opposition, campaigned for the abolition of slavery, supported the French Revolution, and ...
Fox gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Redner des britischen Parlamentarismus. Als Privatmann hatte er wegen seiner Spielsucht unter Vermögensproblemen zu leiden. In seiner unvollendeten History of the early part of the reign of James II. (London 1808; deutsch von Soltau, Hamburg 1810) verteidigte er die Revolution von 1688.
1 de abr. de 2009 · Charles James Fox (1749 – 1806) was leader of the Whigs during the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century. He was the first acknowledged “leader of the opposition” in Parliament and repeatedly argued in favour of the preservation of individual liberties at a time when Britain was frequently at war and there were many concerns about treasonous plots.
4 de ago. de 2020 · Charles James Fox (1749-1806) spent almost the entirety of his four decades in British politics as an aggressive but frequently excluded and sometimes marginalized critic of the reigning government. His one fleeting moment of influence lasted less than a year before its undoing in deeply bitter collision with the crown.
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.
Charles James Fox was one of the most colourful figures in eighteenth 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.
