Charles James Fox was an English statesman. He was born in 1749 and died in 1806. The second son of Henry, first LordHolland, he was sent to Eton, and subsequently removed to Hertford College, Oxford. His father procured him a seat in the borough of Midhurst in 1768, before he was of legal age, and in 1770 he was appointed one of the lords of the admiralty, which he resigned in 1772, and was appointed a commissioner of the treasury. After being a supporter of the administration for six years, a quarrel with Lord North threw Fox into the ranks of the Whig opposition, where along with Burke and others, he steadily assailed the government, especially on the score of their American policy. In 1780 he was elected member for Westminster, and on the defeat of the administration of Lord North, and the accession of that of the arquis of Rockingham, he obtained the office of secretary of state for foreign affairs in 1782.
The death of the Marquis of Rockingham divided the party and when the Earl of Shelburne became prime minister, Fox retired. He subsequently led a strong opposition to the Pitt government and supported the efforts of Wilberforce against the slave trade and moved the repeal of the Test and and Corporation Acts. He welcomed the breaking out of the French Revolution, and his views on this subject led to a memorable break between him and his old friend Burke. Charles Fox firmly opposed the principle on which the war against France was begun, and strenuously argued for peace on every occasion; but eventually, on becoming secretary for foreign affairs in 1806, acquiesced in its propriety. His health, which had been impaired by his loose manner of living, now began rapidly to decline, and he died the same year a few months after the death of Pitt, his great rival.
As a powerful and purely argumentative orator he was of the very first class; although as to eloquence and brilliancy he perhaps yielded to Pitt, Burke, and Sheridan; nor were his voice and manner prepossessing, although highly forcible. He was of an amiable nature, and a sincere friend to all broad and liberal principles of government, His History of the Early Part of the Reign of James II was published posthumously. Research Charles Fox
Henry Richard Vassal Fox, LordHolland, was an English Whig politician. He was born in 1773 and died in 1840. He succeeded to the peerage by the death of his father when less than one year old. In 1798 he took his place in the House of Lords, and as the nephew of Charles James Fox was at once acknowledged as a Whig leader, In 1806 he was commissioner for settling disputes with the United States; lord privy seal in 1806-1807; and chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He and his wife made Holland House the resort of the wit, talent, and beauty of his day. He wrote a Life of Lope de Vega (published in 1806), Three Comedies from the Spanish (published in 1807), Foreign Reminiscences (published in 1850), and Memoirs of the Whig Party (published in 1852). Research Henry Fox
James Fox (real name William Fox) is an English actor. He was born in 1939. He first appeared in films in the 1950 'The Minnerver Story' and in the same year 'The Magnet' under the name 'William Fox' and then after taking ten years off returned using the name 'James Fox', first appearing in the 1962 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner'. Research James Fox
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