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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, född 24 januari 1749 i Westminster i London, död 13 september 1806 i Chiswick i London, var en brittisk statsman, son till lord Holland och genom sin mor, lady Caroline Lennox (en dotter till hertigen av Richmond) ättling (sonsons dotterson) till kung Karl II. Han var också kusin med societs skönheten Georgiana Cavendish .
Charles James Fox, 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 Whig of his day, had similarly been the great rival of Pitt's famous father, William Pitt ...
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.
11 de sept. de 2020 · In this video made with and for the History of Parliament Trust and Chertsey Museum we explore the life of Charles James Fox, a radical parliamentarian dubbe...
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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 ...
Charles James Fox. primary name:Fox, Charles James. Details. individual; politician/statesman; British; Male. Life dates. 1749-1806. Biography. Radical Whig politician; his opposition to the power of the monarchy meant that he was out of favour with George III, and consequently allied to the Prince of Wales (the future George IV).
