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Baron Holland

 
 
Columbia Encyclopedia: Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3d Baron Holland
Holland, Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3d Baron, 1773-1840, British politician, nephew of Charles James Fox. He was a member of the Whig opposition party from 1797 and served as lord privy seal in the coalition ministry of 1806-7. An opponent of the Act of Union with Ireland (1801), he continually advocated its repeal, at the same time working for Catholic Emancipation. Although a loyal and active member he was never personally powerful in the Whig party. When the Whigs returned to power, he served as the chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster (1830-34, 1835-40). Lord Holland is, perhaps, best known for his influence on literature, politics, and letters through the hospitality that Holland House in London provided for the brilliant and distinguished people of his day. His son, the 4th baron, edited Holland's Foreign Reminiscences (1850) and Memoirs of the Whig Party (1852).

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See L. Mitchell Holland House (1980).

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Arms of the Barons Holland.

Baron Holland, of Holland in the County of Lincoln, and Baron Holland, of Foxley in the County of Wiltshire, were two titles in the Peerage of Great Britain. The first barony was created on 7 March 1762 for Lady Caroline Fox, the daughter of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and the eldest of the famous Lennox sisters. The second barony was created on 17 April 1763 for her husband Henry Fox. He was a prominent Whig politician, as were his younger son, Charles James Fox, and his grandson, Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland. The titles became extinct on the death of the latter's son, the fourth Baron, in 1859.

The first Baron Holland of Foxley was the second and youngest son from the second marriage of the politician Sir Stephen Fox, and the younger brother of Stephen Fox-Strangways, 1st Earl of Ilchester. The latter title was created with remainder to Henry Fox and the heirs male of his body.

Barons Holland of Holland (1762)

Barons Holland of Foxley (1763)

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