Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland
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Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, PC was an English peer and Whig politician who served as the Secretary at War from 1746 to 1755. He also held the offices of Secretary of State for the Southern Departmen
Portrait by John Giles Eccardt
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, the bitter political rival of Fox, despite both belonging to the Whig faction
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, with whom in 1755 Fox formed a political alliance, but their government soon fell. Newcastle later made an agreement with Fox's enemy William Pitt, forming the Pitt-Newcastle Ministry
Kingsgate Castle in Kent was built by Holland, although most of the current structure is Victorian
Stephen Fox, 2nd Baron Holland of Holland and 2nd Baron Holland of Foxley of Holland House in Kensington, Middlesex, was a British peer.
Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland
…would be worth £120,000 in government securities, besides her jointure. However, she did not long survive him. By his wife he had children including: Stephen Fox, 2nd Baron Holland (1745–1774), eldest son and heir, of delicate health in his early childhood. Like his younger brother he was a notorious gambler. His father bequeathed…
"Honble Miss Fox", 1810 portrait by James Northcote (1746–1831) of Hon. Caroline Fox (1767–1845), then aged 43, the only daughter of Stephen Fox, 2nd Baron Holland. Collection of Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, Devon