Background
Fox was born at Brompton, the illegitimate son of Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland, through a liaison with Lady Webster, whom Lord Holland would later marry.
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After some service in the Royal Navy, Fox entered the Grenadiers, and was known in later life as a collector of Greek coins. His collection was bought for the royal museum of Berlin when he died in 1873. The couple had no issue.
Fox was a politician.
He represented the Whig interest and sat for Calne 1831-1832, then Tavistock 1832-1835. He briefly represented Stroud in 1835, but resigned that seat so Lord John Russell could contest lieutenant
Fox was Surveyor-General of the Ordnance in 1841 and 1846-1852. He was promoted Major-General on 9 November 1846, Lieutenant-General on 20 June 1854, and General on 6 March 1863.
Bibliography
British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)
The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-1850), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973).
Membership
10th United Kingdom Parliament. 11th United Kingdom Parliament. 12th United Kingdom Parliament.
14th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was elected as a Member of Parliament for the east London constituency of Tower Hamlets in 1841 and served until 1847.
Who"s Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976).
