Fox, Charles Richard 1796-1873 to Thomas Pringle

GLC00496.157

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GLC#
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Type
Letters
Date
December 29, 1828
Author/Creator
Fox, Charles Richard 1796-1873
Title
to Thomas Pringle
Place Written
Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England
Pagination
2 p. : address ; Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
The First Age of Reform

Discusses an etching entitled "Mr. Fox and his Friends" by William Lane housed at Holland House. Fox thinks it would be fitting for an upcoming work and says his father has no objection to having it engraved. Whigs depicted in the etching include William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire; William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam; John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe; Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough; Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3rd Baron Holland; John Fitzpatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory; Richard Fitzpatrick; Dudley Long North; Andrew St John, 13th Baron St John; Lord Robert Spencer; Lord John Townshend.

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