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Charles James Fox was born in London on 24 January 1749. His family was firmly placed within the political establishment, with his mother being the great-granddaughter of Charles II and his father having faithfully served Walpole for many years. From his early years, Fox mixed both a willingness and aptitude for hard work with periods of ...
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 ...
Legacy of Charles James Fox. Fox had a genius for friendship, and the secret of his political influence was the uncalculating generosity of his mind. His charm could overcome the hostility of even the most inveterate of his foes. As a statesman he had great and manifest failings. He was often governed by prejudice, and he was not a profound ...
4 de jun. de 1992 · Charles James Fox was one of the most colourful figures in 18th-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. As the political rival of Pitt the Younger and the intellectual rival of Edmund Burke, his views ...
Charles James Fox by Charles Turner, 1808. Charles James Fox was born on 24th January 1749, the 3rd son of Henry Fox, 1st Lord Holland and Lady Caroline Lennox, eldest daughter of the 2nd Duke of Richmond. As a child he was always very close to his father who over indulged him in everything. In fact the lack of discipline or moral upbringing ...
4 de jun. de 1992 · After the end of the American War in 1783, London was faced by an ‘inundation’ of French visitors. 13 After 1789, the tide flowed the other way, carrying innumerable Foxites to Paris to join in the excitement of the Revolution. Fox himself thought seriously of going over.
Edward, Lascelles, The life of Charles James Fox (Oxford 1936)Google Scholar, seems to make no mention of the Hanoverian crisis; John, W. Derry, Charles James Fox (London, 1972)Google Scholar, contains no discussion of Hanover and Prussia in 1806 though it does draw attention to improved relations between George III and Fox; Leslie, Mitchell ...
