Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland
Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland of Holland, and 3rd Baron Holland of Foxley PC, was an English politician and a major figure in Whig politics in the early 19th century. A grandson of Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, and nephew of Charles James Fox, he served as Lord Privy Seal between 1806 and 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents headed by Lord Grenville and as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1830 and 1834 and again between 1835 and his death in 1840 in the Whig administrations of Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne.
Portrait of Lord Holland by Sir George Hayter, 1820. National Portrait Gallery, London.
Portrait of Lord Holland by François-Xavier Fabre, 1795.
Lord Holland's statue rises from a pond in Holland Park, London.
Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland
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 Department from 1755 to 1756 and Paymaster of the Forces from 1757 to 1765, enriching himself while holding the latter office. While Fox was widely tipped as a potential candidate for the office of Prime Minister, he never held the office. His third son was the Whig statesman Charles James Fox.
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