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John Strangways

John Fox-Strangways (1803–1859), British diplomat, Whig politician and courtier


A. H. Fox Strangways

Together with the tenor Steuart Wilson, Fox Strangways made English translations of the lieder of Schubert and Schumann.

After a career as a schoolmaster, Fox Strangways developed an interest in Indian music, and in the years before the First World War he did much to bring Rabindranath Tagore to wider attention.

Boxer Codex

The manuscript's earliest known owner was Lord Ilchester.

Edgbaston Hall

Early in the Civil War, Edgbaston Hall, along with Hawkesley House, now the site of a council housing estate in Longbridge, was a stronghold of Colonel John Fox, the so-called "Jovial Tinker".

Fritzi Scheff

She married, first, Baron Fritz von Bardeleben a Prussian nobleman, then in 1908 John Fox, Jr. author of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, and, in 1913, George Anderson, an actor.

Jeff Otah

The Carolina Panthers were reportedly very interested in him, evident by them sending head coach John Fox and General Manager Marty Hurney to his pro-day.

John Fox, Jr.

Two moderately successful short story collections followed, as well as his first conventional novel, The Kentuckians in 1898.

Run, Spy, Run

In Dr. No, James Bond is first sent to Jamaica to investigate the missing Strangways.

Timothy Moxon

Timothy Napier Moxon (2 June 1924 – 5 December 2006) was an English-born actor, pilot and restaurateur who is probably best known for playing John Strangways, the character who uttered the first dialogue in the first James Bond film Dr. No and was the first character to die in the film series.

Valentine Quin, 1st Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl

He married (1) Lady Frances Muriel Fox-Strangways, daughter of Stephen Fox-Strangways, 1st Earl of Ilchester, on 24 August 1777.


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