John Fox-Strangways Explained

The Honourable John George Charles Fox-Strangways (6 February 1803 – 8 September 1859) was a British diplomat, Whig politician, and courtier.

Early life

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.^[1]

Political career

Fox-Strangways was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Calne in 1836, a seat he held until 1837.^[2] He then represented Dorset until 1841.^[3]

Fox-Strangways was also in the Foreign Office and served as a Gentleman Usher to Queen Adelaide.^[1]

Marriage and children

Fox-Strangways married Amelia, daughter of Edward Marjoribanks, in 1844. They had two children:^[1]

• 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.^[1]

Their son, Henry, succeeded his uncle William Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester in the earldom of Ilchester in 1865.

Notes and References

1. Book: Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire . 1921 . Burke's Peerage Limited . 1206 . 16 September 2024 . en.
2. Web site: Archived copy . 27 May 2009 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20110713201725/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons1.htm . 13 July 2011 .
3. Web site: Archived copy . 27 May 2009 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20171011182617/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Dcommons2.htm . 11 October 2017 .