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Charles James Fox
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British Whig statesman (1749–1806)
Key facts
- Prime minister
- William Grenville
- Preceded by
- The Lord Mulgrave
- Succeeded by
- Viscount Howick
- Born
- ( 1749-01-24 ) 24 January 1749, London , England
- Died
- 13 September 1806 (1806-09-13) (aged 57), Chiswick , Middlesex , England
- Resting place
- Westminster Abbey
- Party
- Whig ( Foxite )
- Spouse
- Elizabeth Armistead
- Parents
- Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland Lady Caroline Lennox
- Relatives
- Fox family
- Education
- Eton College
- Alma mater
- Hertford College, Oxford
- Profession
- Statesman , abolitionist
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Family name
- Fox
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Westminster
- Place of death
- Chiswick
- Spouse
- Elizabeth Armtistead
- Position held
- Leader of the House of Commons
- Educated at
- Hertford College
- Political party
- Whigs
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- political activity
- Image
- Charles James Fox by Karl Anton Hickel.jpg
- Work location
- London
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- Commons category
- Charles James Fox
- place of burial
- Westminster Abbey
- date of birth
- 1849-01-01
- date of death
- 1806-09-13
- name in native language
- Charles James Fox
- unmarried partner
- Mary Darby Robinson
- writing language
- English language
- honorific prefix
- The Right Honourable
- candidacy in election
- 1784 British general election
- P12749
- Kai Tracid
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Encyclopedic overview
Canting arms of Fox, Baron Holland: Ermine, on a chevron azure three fox's heads and necks erased or on a canton of the second a fleur-de-lys of the third
Charles James Fox (24 January 1749 – 13 September 1806), styled The Honourable from 1762, was a British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned 38 years of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was the arch-rival of the Tory politician William Pitt the Younger; his father Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, a leading Whig of his day, had similarly been the great rival of Pitt's famous father, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ("Pitt the Elder").
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