General Charles Richard Fox (6 November 1796 – 13 April 1873) was a British army general, and later a politician. Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

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. Henry Richard Vassal-Fox 3rd Baron Holland of Holland and 3rd Baron Holland of Foxley ( 21 November 1773 - 22 October 1840) was an

After some service in the 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. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. He married in St. George’s, Hanover Square, London, in June 19, 1824 Mary FitzClarence, a daughter of William IV by his mistress Dorothy Jordan. Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Lady Mary Fox, née FitzClarence ( 19 December 1798, Bushy House &ndash 13 July 1864) was a daughter of William IV by his William IV (William Henry 21 August 1765 &ndash 20 June 1837 was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until Dorothy Jordan ( November 21, 1761 – July 5, 1816) was a British actress, Courtesan and the mistress and famous The couple had no issue.

Fox was a politician. He represented the Whig interest and sat for Calne 1831-32, then Tavistock 1832-35. The Whigs (with the Tories) are often described as one of two political parties in England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to Calne was a Parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832 Tavistock was a parliamentary constituency, centred on the town of Tavistock in Devon. He briefly represented Stroud in 1835, but resigned that seat so Lord John Russell could contest it. Stroud is a County constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. John Russell 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC (18 August 1792 &ndash 28 May 1878 known as Lord John Russell before 1861 was an English He was elected as a Member of Parliament for the east London constituency of Tower Hamlets in 1841 and served until 1847. Tower Hamlets was a two seat Constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom created under the Reform Act 1832

Fox was Surveyor-General of the Ordnance in 1841 and 1846-52. The Surveyor-General of the Ordnance was a subordinate of the Master-General of the Ordnance and a member of the Board of Ordnance from its constitution in 1597

References

• 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)