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Charles James Fox (24 January 1749 – 13 September 1806), styled The Honourable from 1762, was a British Whig politician and statesman whose parliamentary career spanned 38 years of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was the arch-rival of the Tory politician William Pitt the Younger; his father Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, a leading ...
On 3 May 1762, Caroline was created Baroness Holland of Holland in the Peerage of Great Britain. Her husband was created Baron Holland of Foxley less than a year later, on 17 April 1763. Caroline's two spoilt sons, especially the elder one Stephen, caused her much embarrassment and distress by gambling and falling into debt.
27 de jun. de 2018 · Holland, Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3rd Baron (1773–1840). The nephew of Charles James Fox, whom he idolized and who formed his literary tastes and political principles, Holland travelled extensively in Europe, spoke several languages, and cherished wide connections in European ‘liberal’ circles. He ran away with the formidable Elizabeth ...
Whig statesman Fox entered Parliament in 1735. He was a devoted supporter of Sir Robert Walpole, but this loyalty backfired on him after Walpole's fall in 1742. He served as surveyor-general of works, Lord of the Treasury and Secretary at War before becoming Leader of the House of Commons in 1755. In 1757, during the war with France, Fox became Paymaster to the Forces. He accumulated a vast ...
Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, was a leading British politician of the 18th century. Background Henry Fox was born on 28 September 1705, the younger son of Sir Stephen Fox by his second wife, Christian, the daughter of the Rev. Francis Hope.
Henry Fox stood unsuccessfully as a Tory for Hindon in 1727, soon after coming of age. On petition ‘the whole power of the ministry was exerted’ in favour of his opponent ( George Heathcote ), who was confirmed in his seat, though Fox ‘was generally supposed to have the fairer right’. 1 Next year he tried again at Thomas Pitt’s ...
27 de abr. de 2022 · Birthplace: Richmond House, London. Death: July 24, 1774 (51) London, Middlesex, England. Immediate Family: Daughter of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Sarah Lennox, Duchess of Richmond. Wife of Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland of Foxley. Mother of Stephen Fox, 2nd Baron Holland of Foxley; The Right Honorable Charles James Fox; General ...
