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5 de sept. de 2021 · Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland. after Sir Joshua Reynolds oil on canvas, based on a work of circa 1762 49 3/4 in. x 39 3/4 in. (1264 mm x 1010 mm) Purchased, 1924
3 de sept. de 2012 · Charles James Fox, statesman, was a son of Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland and his wife Lady Georgiana Caroline Lennox. He became a well known statesman and Foreign Secretary and was an opponent of British policy towards America during the War of Independence. He also worked towards the abolition of the slave trade.
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 ...
20 de ene. de 2021 · Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland Henry Fox was a prominent English politician during the late 18 th century, although he never became Prime Minister (or First Lord of the Treasury, to give the function its proper title at the time).
29 de mar. de 2009 · Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, by John Giles Eccardt (floruit 1779).See source website for additional information. This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool.
Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland NPG 2075© National Portrait Gallery, Londonafter Sir Joshua ReynoldsThis portrait comes from St Anne's Hill House, Chertsey, once the home of the sitter's youngest son Charles James Fox. It is an early copy rather than a studio version of the portrait by Joshua Reynolds formerly at Holland House.
He was made gentleman of the bedchamber to Charles, prince of Wales, and captain of the yeomen of the guard; and on the 8th of March 1623 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Kensington. In 1624 he was sent to Paris to negotiate the marriage treaty between Charles and Henrietta Maria. On the 15th of September he was created earl of Holland ...
