CHARLES JAMES FOX

LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO.

39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA

1911

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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE.

First printed, 8vo., September 1880; Reprinted November 1880, December 1880.

New and Cheaper Edition, crown 8vo., April 1881; Reprinted March 1884, November 1886, July 1889, March 1894.

'SILVER LIBRARY' Edition, July 1899; Reprinted May 1901; Reprinted, with Appendix, April 1908; May 1911.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER 1.

Stephen Fox-His career abroad and at home-His wealth, and the use he

made of it-His domestic history-Henry Fox-His marriage-His

opposition to the Marriage Act-His style of speaking-Outbreak of

the Seven Years' War-Fox in the Pay Office, and Pitt master of the

nation-Accession of George the Third, and downfall of Newcastle

and Pitt-Bute's unpopularity-Fox undertakes to carry the Peace

through Parliament-The methods by which he made good his pro-

mise-He retires from the House of Commons with the title of Lord

Holland-His quarrel with Lord Shelburne, and with Rigby-Hatred

with which Lord Holland was regarded by the country

CHAPTER II.

1749-1768.

Lord Holland in his own family-Birth of Charles James Fox-His child-

hood-Wandsworth -- Eton and Paris-Dr. Barnard - The Musæ

Etonenses-Picture at Holland House-Lady Sarah Lennox-Fox at

Oxford-Tour in Italy--Fox's industry and accomplishments-His

return to England

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CHAPTER III.

London Society at the time that Fox entered the great world-Its narrow

limits and agreeable character-Prevalent dissipation and frivolity-

The Duke of Grafton-Rigby-Lord Weymouth-Lord Sandwich-

Fox in the inner circle of fashion-Lord March-Brooks's Club-

Gaming-Extravagance-Drinking and gout - George the Third's

temperate and hardy habits-State of religion among the upper classes

-Political life in 1768-Sinecures-Pensions and places, English, Irish,

and Colonial-Other forms of corruption-The venality of Parliament

-Low morality of public men, and discontent of the nation-Office

and opposition-Fox's political teachers

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