Henry Richard VASSALL formerly Fox

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Henry Richard

Vassall

formerly Fox

1773 - 1840

Henry Richard

Vassall

formerly Fox, Whig in House of Lords; lord privy seal in Grenville ministry (1806-07); advocated abolition of slave trade and repeal of corn laws; opposed union with Ireland; chancellor of duchy of Lancaster (1830-34, 1835-40).

Born: Winterslow, Wilts., England, 21st Nov 1773	Baptised:
Died: London, , , England 22nd Oct 1840	Buried:
Family: Vassall

Titles:

Holland
of Holland [B]

Ancestors

1. Henry Richard Vassall formerly Fox ( Vassall ) 1773 - 1840	2. Stephen Fox ( FitzPatrick ) 1745 - 1774	4. Henry Fox ( ? , Lennox ) 1705 - 1774
		5. Georgina (Caroline) Lennox ( Fox ) 1723 - 1774
	3. Mary FitzPatrick ( Fox ) ante 1750 - 1778	6. John FitzPatrick ( Leveson Gower ) 1719 - 1758
		7. Evelyn Leveson Gower ( FitzPatrick , Vernon ) 1725 - 1763

Siblings

Caroline

Fox

* 1767

Spouses

1. 9th Jul 1797
Elizabeth
Vassall
(
Vassall
)

Descendants

[ Options ]

a. Elizabeth Vassall ( Vassall ) 1. Stephen Fox 1799 - 1800 2. Henry Edward Fox ( Coventry ) * 1802 3. Mary Elizabeth Fox ( Atherton ) * 1806 3a. Thomas Atherton (Powys) ( Fox ) 1801 - post 1833 3.1. Adelaide Mary Powys * 1831 3.2. Thomas Lyttleton Powys ( Brandling , Baillie-Hamilton ) 1833 - post 1890 ... 3.3. Edith Galfrida Atherton (Powys) ( Burroughes ) 1834 - post 1858 3.4. Georgiana C. Powys ( Fazakerley ) * 1836 3.5. M/? Powys * 1837 4. Georgiana Anne Vassall 1809 - 1819

Sources

Family Archivists: see
Vassall

Timeline

21st Nov 1773	Born (birth) Winterslow, Wilts., England
16th Dec 1774	Henry Richard Vassall formerly Fox ( Vassall ) 1773 - 1840 inherited the title Holland of Holland [B]
9th Jul 1797	Married Elizabeth Vassall ( Vassall ) (marriage)
22nd Oct 1840	Died (death) London, England

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