Henry Fox
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The Foxite Whig Rump
The death of Charles James Fox on 13 September 1806, just over eight months after that of his long-term rival,…
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“Honest and essential service”: Henry Fox, Lord Holland, government fixer
Even in the 18th century, governments of all sorts relied on tough politicians who were willing to do the dirty…
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‘A frenzy of quitting’: the art of resigning in the 18th century
In the latest blog for the Georgian Lords, Dr Charles Littleton considers two episodes in the mid-18th century when governments…
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“More the air of an assassin than of a gentleman”: Duels and attempted murder in eighteenth-century England
The recent BBC adaptation of John Preston’s book – A Very English Scandal – about the trial of the former Liberal…