Henry Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester
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The Right Honourable The Earl of Ilchester PC |
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Henry Stephen Fox-Strangways (John Linnell, 1848)
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| Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | |
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In office 5 August 1835 – 6 July 1841 |
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| Monarch |
William IV Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Viscount Melbourne |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Gosford |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Surrey |
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| Born | 21 February 1787 |
| Died | 8 January 1858 (aged 70) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse(s) | Caroline Leonora Murray (d. 1819) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Henry Stephen Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester PC (21 February 1787 – 8 January 1858), styled Lord Stavordale from birth until 1802, was a British peer and Whig politician. He served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard under Lord Melbourne from 1835 to 1841.
Stavordale was the eldest son of Henry Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester, and Mary Theresa O'Grady, daughter of Standish O'Grady. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, which later (1814) awarded him a DCL.
Lord Ilchester succeeded his father as third Earl of Ilchester in 1802. On 15 April 1808, he was commissioned a captain in the Dorsetshire Yeomanry. The regiment was disbanded in 1814. He was commissioned major in it on 8 December 1830 when it was re-formed.
On 5 August 1835 he was appointed Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard in the Whig administration of Lord Melbourne. He was made a Privy Counsellor on 12 July 1837. Ilchester was replaced as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard on 5 July 1841, shortly before the government's fall. He was also appointed Lord Lieutenant of Somerset on 19 April 1837, but the resigned from the post in May 1839.
On 6 June 1840, he was promoted from major to lieutenant-colonel in the Yeomanry. He was made lieutenant-colonel commandant of the Dorsetshire Yeomanry on 12 February 1846, resigning the command in July 1856.
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