Henry (Fox), 1st Baron Holland of Foxley

1705 - 1774  (68 years)

• Name	Henry (Fox)  [1, 2]
  Suffix	1st Baron Holland of Foxley
  Born	28 Sept. 1705	Chiswick, Middlesex, England   [3]
  Christened	15 Oct. 1705	Chiswick, Middlesex, England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Education	From 1713	Eton, Buckinghamshire, England   [3]
  	Eton College
  Education	From 1720	Oxford, Oxfordshire, England   [3]
  	Christ Church, University of Oxford
  Office	From 1735 to 1741  [2, 3]
  	Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Hindon
  	Whig
  Office	From 1737 to 1743  [3]
  	Surveyor-General of Works
  Office	From 1741 to 1761  [2, 3]
  	Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Windsor
  	Whig
  Office	From 1743 to 1746  [3]
  	A Lord of the Treasury
  Office	From 1746 to 1755  [3]
  	Secretary of War
  Office	23 July 1746  [3]
  	Privy Councillor (P.C.)
  Office	From Oct. 1755 to Nov. 1756  [3]
  	Leader of the House of Commons
  Office	From Oct. 1755 to Nov. 1756  [3]
  	Member of the Cabinet
  Office	From Oct. 1755 to Nov. 1756  [3]
  	Secretary of State for the South
  Office	From 1757 to 1765  [3]
  	Paymaster General
  Office	From 1761 to 1763  [2, 3]
  	Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Dunwich
  	Court Party
  Office	July 1762  [3]
  	Clerk of the Pells [I.]
  Office	From Oct. 1762 to 1763  [2, 3]
  	Leader of the House of Commons
  Hereditary Title	17 April 1763  [3]
  	1st Baron Holland of Foxley, co. Wilts [G.B., 1763]
  Died	1 July 1774	Holland House, Kensington, Middlesex, England   [4]
  Probate	Aug. 1774  [4]
  Buried	Farley, Wiltshire, England   [4]
  Person ID	I1257	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	13 July 2019

  
  

  Father	Rt. Hon. Sir Stephen Fox,   d. 28 Oct. 1716
  Mother	Christian Hopes
  Family ID	F684	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Penelope Dyne,   d. Before 1744
  Married	Feb. 1732/33  [4]
  Last Modified	13 July 2019
  Family ID	F681	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Georgiana Carolina (Lennox), 1st Baroness Holland,   b. 27 March 1723,   d. 24 July 1774, Holland House, Kensington, Middlesex, England  (Age 51 years)
  Married	2 May 1744  [3]
  Notes	Clandestine marriage, at the house of Sir Charles Hanbury-Williams. The marriage was greatly disapproved of by the bride's parents, who were not reconciled to their daughter till four years later. [4]
  Last Modified	13 July 2019
  Family ID	F680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Heraldry

  Arms of Fox (Baron Holland, Earl of Ilchester)

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] BP 2003, Charles Mosley (ed.), (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003), volume 3, page 3335. [S2] BP 2003, Charles Mosley (ed.), (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003), volume 2, page 2025. [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume VI, page 541. [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume VI, page 542.