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Charles James Fox., from government to opposition, 1771-1774 DURING the years 177I-4 the young Charles James Fox was engaged in a struggle for greater political recognition which was characterized by a series of personal clashes with Lord North and a growing im-patience with the administration of which he was so forthright a supporter.
Charles James Fox, 1749 – 1806, seems to have been a larger than life character. His father, who eloped with Lady Caroline Lennox, daughter of the Duke of Richmond was addicted to gambling but in spite of this amassed a large fortune as Paymaster General to the forces. He spoilt his son, Charles, and actively encouraged him in gambling and ...
23 de ene. de 2002 · Page 285 - Attorney-general thought proper to proceed against the defendants as for a riot only." (These are the various instances in which, he says, the statute does not apply :) " But every insurrection which in judgment of law is intended agains* the person of the King, be it to dethrone or imprison him, or to oblige him to alter his measures of Government, or to remove evil counsellors ...
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.
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] nothing to live upon’; and in November 1776 ...
12 de oct. de 2021 · Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Statesmen -- Great Britain -- Biography, Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1820 Publisher London : J. Murray Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English
CHARLES JAMES FOX AND THE WHIG OPPOSITION, 295 The breach with his own party, however, had not brought Burke into agree-ment with Pitt, who at the time of the famous scene with Fox had declared himself reassured by the statement of the latter in favour of aristocracy. In September I79i Burke had found Pitt and Grenville 'quite out of all appre-
