William Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester
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The Right Honourable The Earl of Ilchester FRS |
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| Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 18 April 1835 – 7 March 1840 |
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| Monarch |
William IV Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Viscount Melbourne |
| Preceded by | Viscount Mahon |
| Succeeded by | Lord Leveson |
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the German Confederation | |
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In office 17 March 1840 – 1849 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | Ralph Abercromby |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Cowley |
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| Born | 7 May 1795 |
| Died | 10 January 1865 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse(s) | Sophia Penelope Sheffield |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
William Thomas Horner Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester FRS (7 May 1795 – 10 January 1865), styled The Honourable William Fox-Strangways until 1858, was a British diplomat, Whig politician and art collector. He served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs under Lord Melbourne from 1835 to 1840 and was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the German Confederation from 1840 to 1849.
Fox-Strangways was the son of Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester, and his second wife Maria Digby, daughter of the Honourable William Digby. Henry Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester, was his elder half-brother and John Fox-Strangways his younger brother. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, taking a BA in 1816 and an MA in 1820.
Fox-Strangways served as an attaché at the British embassies in St Petersburg, Constantinople, Naples and The Hague, as Secretary of Legation in Florence and Naples and as Secretary of Embassy in Vienna. In 1835 he was appointed Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the Whig administration of Lord Melbourne, a post he held until 1840 (however, he was not a Member of Parliament during this time). The latter year he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the German Confederation, which he remained until 1849. In 1858 he succeeded his half-brother as fourth Earl of Ilchester and entered the House of Lords.
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