Henry Richard Vassall Fox
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The Right Honourable The Lord Holland PC |
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Portrait of Lord Holland by Sir George Hayter, 1820. National Portrait Gallery, London.
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| Lord Privy Seal | |
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In office 8 October 1806 – 31 March 1807 |
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| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister | The Lord Grenville |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Sidmouth |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Westmorland |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
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In office 25 November 1830 – 14 November 1834 |
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| Monarch | William IV |
| Prime Minister |
The Earl Grey The Viscount Melbourne |
| Preceded by | Charles Arbuthnot |
| Succeeded by | Charles Williams-Wynn |
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In office 20 February 1835 – 22 October 1840 |
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| Monarch |
William IV Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Viscount Melbourne |
| Preceded by | Charles Williams-Wynn |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Clarendon |
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| Born |
21 November 1773 Winterslow House, Wiltshire |
| Died | 22 October 1840 (aged 66) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse(s) |
Elizabeth Vassall (1770–1845) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland, of Holland, and 3rd Baron Holland, of Foxley PC (21 November 1773 – 22 October 1840) was an English politician and a major figure in Whig politics in the early 19th century. A grandson of Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, and nephew of Charles James Fox, he served as Lord Privy Seal between 1806 and 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents headed by Lord Grenville and as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1830 and 1834 and again between 1835 and his death in 1840 in the Whig administrations of Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne.
Holland was born at Winterslow House, Wiltshire, the son of Stephen Fox, 2nd Baron Holland, and Lady Mary, daughter of John FitzPatrick, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory, and Lady Evelyn, daughter of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower. His paternal grandparents were Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, and Lady Caroline Lennox, the eldest of the famous Lennox sisters and a great-granddaughter (through an illegitimate line) of King Charles II.
He succeeded in the barony in December 1774, aged one, on the early death of his father, while his mother died shortly before his fifth birthday. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, where he became the friend of George Canning and John Hookham Frere. Lord Holland's uncle was the great Whig orator Charles James Fox, and he remained steadily loyal to the Whig party.
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