Charles Richard Fox
General Charles Richard Fox (6 November 1796 – 13 April 1873) was a British army general, and later a politician.
Contents
1 Background
2 Career
3 References
3.1 Citations
3.2 Bibliography
4 External links
Background
Funerary monument, Kensal Green Cemetery, London
Fox was born at Brompton, the illegitimate son of Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland, through a liaison with Lady Webster, whom Lord Holland would later marry.
Career
After some service in the Royal Navy, Fox entered the Grenadiers, and was known in later life as a collector of Greek coins. His collection was bought for the royal museum of Berlin when he died in 1873. He married in St. George's, Hanover Square, London, on 19 June 1824 Lady Mary FitzClarence, a daughter of William IV by his mistress Dorothy Jordan. The couple had no issue.
Fox was a politician. He represented the Whig interest and sat for Calne 1831-32, then Tavistock 1832-35. He briefly represented Stroud in 1835, but resigned that seat so Lord John Russell could contest it. He was elected as a Member of Parliament for the east London constituency of Tower Hamlets in 1841 and served until 1847.
Fox was Surveyor-General of the Ordnance in 1841 and 1846-52. He was promoted Major-General on 9 November 1846,[1]Lieutenant-General on 20 June 1854,[2] and General on 6 March 1863.[3]
References
Citations
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^ "No. 21564". The London Gazette. 22 June 1854. p. 1932.
^ "No. 22714". The London Gazette. 6 March 1863. p. 1357.
Bibliography
British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)
The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Richard Fox
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir James Macdonald Thomas Babington Macaulay | Member of Parliament for Calne 1831–1832 With: Thomas Babington Macaulay | Succeeded by Earl of Kerry |
| Preceded by John Heywood Hawkins Francis Russell | Member of Parliament for Tavistock 1832–1835 With: Lord Russell | Succeeded by Lord Russell John Rundle |
| Preceded by William Henry Hyett George Poulett Scrope | Member of Parliament for Stroud 1835 With: George Poulett Scrope | Succeeded by George Poulett Scrope Lord John Russell |
| Preceded by Stephen Lushington Sir William Clay | Member of Parliament for Tower Hamlets 1841–1847 With: Sir William Clay | Succeeded by Sir William Clay George Thompson |
| Military offices | ||
| Preceded by William Leader Maberly | Surveyor-General of the Ordnance 1832–1834 | Succeeded by Lord Edward Somerset |
| Preceded by Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin | Surveyor-General of the Ordnance 1841 | Succeeded by Jonathan Peel |
| Preceded by Jonathan Peel | Surveyor-General of the Ordnance 1846–1852 | Succeeded by Sir George Berkeley |
| Preceded by Sir James Frederick Love | Colonel of the 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot 1865–1873 | Succeeded by Freeman Murray |
