John Fox-Strangways
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The Honourable John George Charles Fox-Strangways (6 February 1803 – 8 September 1859) was a British diplomat, Whig politician, and courtier.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Fox-Strangways was the posthumous third son of Henry Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester and his second wife, Maria Digby, daughter of The Very Reverend William Digby. The 3rd and 4th Earls of Ilchester were respectively his elder half-brother and brother. Louisa Fitzmaurice-Petty, Marchioness of Lansdowne was his half-sister.[2]
Political career
[edit | edit source]Fox-Strangways was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Calne in 1836, a seat he held until 1837.[3] He then represented Dorset until 1841.[4]
Fox-Strangways was also in the Foreign Office and served as a Gentleman Usher to Queen Adelaide.[2]
Marriage and children
[edit | edit source]Fox-Strangways married Amelia, daughter of Edward Marjoribanks, in 1844. They had two children:[2]
- Lady Maria Georgiana Julia Fox-Strangways (died 12 October 1922), married Arthur Hood, 2nd Viscount Bridport.
- Henry Edward Fox-Strangways, 5th Earl of Ilchester (13 September 1847 - 6 December 1905)
Fox-Strangways died in September 1859, aged 56. His wife died in September 1886.[2]
Their son, Henry, succeeded his uncle William Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester in the earldom of Ilchester in 1865.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p.607, Earl of Ilchester
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