Henry Edward Fox-Strangways, 5th Earl of Ilchester PC (13 February 1847 – 6 December 1905), known as Henry Fox-Strangways until 1865, was a British peer and

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politician. He served as

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under

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between January and February 1874.

Origins

He was the son of

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, fourth son of

Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester (29 July 1747 – 5 September 1802), known as Lord Stavordale from 1756 to 1776, was a British peer and Member of Parliament. Life Ilchester was the eldest son of Stephen Fox-Strangways, 1st Ea ...

. His mother was Amelia Marjoribanks, daughter of Edward Marjoribanks. In 1874 he inherited the

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estate in London from his distant cousin Baron Holland.

Career

He was educated at

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.thepeerage.com Henry Edward Fox-Strangways, 5th Earl of Ilchester
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on his 21st birthday in 1868. In January 1874, at the age of only 26, he was appointed

in the Liberal administration of

, a post he held until the government fell the following month. He was admitted to the Privy Council in February of that year. Lord Ilchester never held political office again but served as

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from 1885 to 1905.

Marriage and children

In 1872 Lord Ilchester married Lady Mary Eleanor Anne Dawson (died 1935), a daughter of

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, by whom he had children including: *

Giles Fox-Strangways, 6th Earl of Ilchester Giles Stephen Holland Fox-Strangways, 6th Earl of Ilchester (31 May 1874 – 29 October 1959), styled Lord Stavordale until 1905, was a British peer and philanthropist. Background and education Fox-Strangways was the eldest child of Henry Fox-St ...

(1874-1959), eldest son and heir.

Death and burial

He died in December 1905, aged 58, and was buried in the family vault at

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, Dorset. He was succeeded in his titles by his son

Arms

The arms of the head of the Fox-Strangways family are

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ed ''Quarterly of four: 1st & 4th: Sable, two lions passant paly of six argent and gules'' (Strangways); ''2nd & 3rd: Ermine, on a chevron azure three foxes' heads and necks erased or on a canton of the second a fleur-de-lys of the third'' (Fox)."Earl of Ilchester" in Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), ''Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage'' (Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968), p. 607

References

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