Background
The Lennox sisters were daughters of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond, who was the grandson of Charles II of England through the King"s relationship with Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth.
Whig politician Duke of Richmond
The Lennox sisters were daughters of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond, who was the grandson of Charles II of England through the King"s relationship with Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth.
Georgiana Carolina Fox, 1st Baroness Holland, of Holland (27 March 1723 – 24 July 1774), known as Lady Caroline Lennox before 1744 and as Lady Caroline Fox from 1744 to 1762, was the eldest of the Lennox Sisters. In 1744, Lady Caroline eloped with Henry Fox, a politician who was eighteen years her senior. The couple had four sons, including the great Whig politician, Charles James Fox and the general Henry Edward Fox.
Their home, Holland House, Kensington, was a social and political gathering place.
Lady Caroline"s favorite sister, Emily Lennox, married and went to live in Ireland in 1747. In 1750 and 1751, the Lennox sisters" parents died in quick succession, leaving three younger daughters, Louisa, Sarah, and Cecilia, aged eight, six, and one.
On 3 May 1762, Caroline was created Baroness Holland of Holland in the Peerage of Great Britain. Her husband was created Baron Holland of Foxley less than a year later, on 17 April 1763.
Caroline"s spoiled sons, especially Stephen, the eldest, caused her much embarrassment and distress by gambling and falling into debt.
She followed within a short time.