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Lady Harriet Acland was a British noblewoman and diarist. She accompanied her husband to British North America and became celebrated for her personal courage. She is commemorated on one of the bronze reliefs on second floor of the Saratoga Monument in the State of New York.
Baron Holland, of Holland in the County of Lincoln, and Baron Holland of Foxley, of Foxley in the County of Wiltshire, were two titles in the Peerage of Great Britain. The first barony was created on 7 March 1762 for Lady Caroline Fox, the daughter of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and the eldest of the famous Lennox sisters. The second barony was created on 17 April 1763 for her husband, the prominent Whig politician Henry Fox. Lord and Lady Holland were both succeeded by their eldest son, the second Baron. He had previously represented Salisbury in Parliament. On his early death in 1774 the titles passed to his only son, the third Baron. He was also an influential Whig politician and notably served as Lord Privy Seal from 1806 to 1806 in the Ministry of All the Talents. He was succeeded by his eldest legitimate son, the fourth Baron. He sat as Member of Parliament for Horsham. He had four daughters but no sons and on his death in 1859 the titles became extinct.
Earl of Ilchester is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1756 for Stephen Fox, 1st Baron Ilchester, who had previously represented Shaftesbury in Parliament. He had already been created Baron Ilchester, of Ilchester in the County of Somerset in 1741, and Baron Ilchester and Stavordale, of Redlynch, in the County of Somerset, in 1747. These titles were also in the Peerage of Great Britain. All three peerages were created with remainder, failing heirs male of his own, to his younger brother Henry Fox, who was himself created Baron Holland in 1763. The brothers were the only sons from the second marriage of the politician Sir Stephen Fox.
Henry Fox may refer to:
Windham Henry Quin, 2nd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl was an Irish Peer.
Giles Stephen Holland Fox-Strangways, 6th Earl of Ilchester, styled Lord Stavordale until 1905, was a British peer and philanthropist.
Henry Stephen Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester, PC, styled Lord Stavordale from birth until 1802, was a British peer and Whig politician. He served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard under Lord Melbourne from 1835 to 1841.
Stephen Fox-Strangways, 1st Earl of Ilchester PC was a British peer and Member of Parliament.
Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester, known as Lord Stavordale from 1756 to 1776, was a British peer and Member of Parliament.
William Thomas Horner Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester FRS, styled The Honourable William Fox-Strangways until 1858, was a British diplomat, Whig politician and art collector. He served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs under Lord Melbourne from 1835 to 1840 and was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the German Confederation from 1840 to 1849.
Henry Edward Fox-Strangways, 5th Earl of Ilchester PC, known as Henry Fox-Strangways until 1865, was a British peer and Liberal politician. He served as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms under William Ewart Gladstone between January and February 1874.
Redlynch is a village and former manor in the civil parish of Bruton within the South Somerset district of Somerset, England.
Henry Fox-Strangways may refer to:
Melbury House is an English country house in the parish of Melbury Sampford near Evershot, Dorset, This grade I listed mansion is the home of the Honorable Mrs Charlotte Townshend, a major landowner in east Dorset, through her mother, Theresa Fox-Strangways.
The Hon. John George Charles Fox-Strangways was a British diplomat, Whig politician and courtier.
Holland House, originally known as Cope Castle, was an early Jacobean country house in Kensington, London, situated in a country estate that is now Holland Park. It was built in 1605 by the diplomat Sir Walter Cope. The building later passed by marriage to Henry Rich, 1st Baron Kensington, 1st Earl of Holland, and by descent through the Rich family, then became the property of the Fox family, during which time it became a noted gathering-place for Whigs in the 19th century. The house was largely destroyed by German firebombing during the Blitz in 1940 and today only the east wing and some ruins of the ground floor and south facade remain, along with various outbuildings and formal gardens. In 1949 the ruin was designated a grade I listed building and it is now owned by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Edward Henry Charles James, 7th Earl of Ilchester, was a British peer and philanthropist. He also held the subsidiary titles and styles of Baron of Woodford Strangways of Dorset and Baron of Redlynch of Dorset.
Walter Angelo Fox-Strangways, 8th Earl of Ilchester 24 September 1887 – 4 October 1970), was a British peer. He also held the subsidiary titles and styles of Baron of Woodford Strangways of Dorset and Baron of Redlynch of Dorset. Fox-Strangways inherited the earldom of Ilchester from Edward Henry Charles James Fox-Strangways, 7th Earl of Ilchester, his fifth cousin once removed, after the 7th Earl died without male issue.
Elizabeth Fox, Countess of Ilchester (c.1723–1792), née Elizabeth Horner, was the wife of Stephen Fox-Strangways, 1st Earl of Ilchester.
Mary, Countess of Ilchester (1852–1935) was an Anglo-Irish noblewoman and leading figure in London society. She was the wife of Henry Fox-Strangways, 5th Earl of Ilchester.