Henry Stephen Fox-Strangways PC (1787 - 1858)

Born 21 Feb 1787 in Redlynch House, Redlynch, Bruton parish, Somerset, England

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Died 8 Jan 1858 at age 70 in Melbury House, Dorset, England

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Biography

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.^[1]

Caroline Leonora Murray married Henry Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester, and had four children:

Henry Thomas Leopold Fox-Strangways, Lord Stavordale (7 January 1816 – 11 August 1837). Lady Theresa Anna Maria Fox-Strangways (11 January 1814 – 2 May 1874), married Edward Digby, 9th Baron Digby on 27 June 1837. Stephen Fox-Strangways, Lord Stavordale (21 March 1817 – 25 May 1848). Lady Caroline Margaret Fox-Strangways (9 January 1819 – 26 June 1895), married Sir Edward Kerrison, 2nd Baronet on 23 July 1844. [1]

Disputed marriage date: 6 February 1812 [2]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia entry for Henry Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlynch,_Somerset

• http://www.strangewayfamily.org.uk/html/fox-strangways.htm

• http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4fz/murray03.php

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_George_Murray_(bishop)