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344 CHARLES JAMES FOX AND THE PEOPLE to its ruin, he possesses that scorn of Power, ill-gotten and ill-employed, that philosophic dignity of mind, that grandeur of consistency, which his inferior Rival never could attain. Wyvill claimed that the suspicion with which the radicals tended to regard
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.
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 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.
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 (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 ...
Charles James Fox Fox, Charles James: (1749-1806) British statesman and orator, for many years the outstanding parliamentary proponent of liberal reform. He entered Parliament in 1768 and served as lord of the admiralty (1770-72) and as lord of the treasury (1772-74) under Frederick, Lord North.
