Henry Edward Fox
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General Henry Edward Fox was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Minorca and governor of Gibraltar.
Engraving by Charles Turner after a Thomas Phillips portrait, 1805
Irish rebellion of 1803
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The Irish rebellion of 1803 was an attempt by Irish republicans to seize the seat of the British government in Ireland, Dublin Castle, and trigger a nationwide insurrection. Renewing the struggle of 1
Henry Edward Fox
…fatally wounded at the battle of Alexandria) and finally Commander-in-Chief, Ireland (1803). In Ireland he was caught off-guard by Robert Emmet's Dublin uprising (23 July 1803) and was quickly replaced by Lieutenant-General Cathcart, whose appointment was gazetted on 20 October. Fox moved to be commander of the…
Depiction of Robert Emmet's trial