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unusual facts about Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland


11th Parliament of Great Britain

The Old Corps Whig Thomas Robinson held that office until late 1755, when the Bedfordite Henry Fox replaced him.


Battle of Tourcoing

With the British Guards brigade under Henry Fox leading the attack, the Duke of York's left column under Ralph Abercromby, stormed into Lannoy, Willems and Mouvaux.

First Newcastle Ministry

One of the most influential members of the Ministry was Henry Fox, who served as Leader of the House of Commons.

George Airey

This appointment prevented his accompanying the expedition to Egypt, where his patron was killed; but his activity and real merit soon won him a powerful friend in the influential General Henry Fox, the brother of the orator, and at this time governor and commander-in-chief in Minorca.

Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland

Fox and Newcastle, realising that Minorca was severely vulnerable to a French attack, despatched a naval force to relieve the island.

The fleet's commander was unable to prevent the Fall of Minorca leading to a major public outburst against both him and the government.

Little Holland House

Henry Thoby Prinsep, a director of East India Company family, gained a 21-year lease on it from Henry Fox, 4th Baron Holland thanks to the painter George Frederic Watts, a friend of both the Hollands and the Prinseps.


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