Sir John Charles Fox (1855 – 1943),
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/ref> eldest son of John Fox, solicitor, was born on 29 May 1855. In 1880, he married Mary Louisa, second daughter of John Sutherland Valentine, C. E. Fox had three sons and three daughters. He liked to play golf. He was educated at Kensington Grammar School. He was admitted a solicitor in 1876 and was a member of the firm Hare and Co., agents for the Treasury Solicitor
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, from 1881 to 1891. He became a Chief Clerk in the Chancery Division in 1891, the title of this office being changed to Master
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in 1897.["Fox, John Charles".]Who's Who
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/ref>["Fox, John Charles". ]Who's Who
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: Volume 61. A & C Black. 1909. Page 675
/ref> He became Senior Master in 1917 and retired in 1921.[ He was knighted in the 1921 New Year Honours, New Year Honours of 1921.
He was one of the editors of the Yearly Supreme Court Practice.][ He is the author of ''Handbook of English Law Reports'' (1913).][ It is a "detailed monograph". Fox was also author of ''The History of Contempt of Court'' (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1927; reprinted by Professional Books, London, 1972).][(1973) 37 National Union Catalog 51]
For reviews of this book, see Kenneth G Jackson (1927) 25 Scottish Historical Review 62 (No 97, October
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F J Lotterhos (1928) 14 Virginia Law Review 416 (No 5, March
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Walter Nelles (1927) 27 Columbia Law Review 1013 (No 8, December
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J M Landis (1928) 37 Yale Law Journal 841 (No 6, April
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Theodore F T Plucknett (1927) 41 Harvard Law Review 270 (No 2, December
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(1928) 3 Cambridge Law Journal 308 (No 2
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"Reviews" (1928) 72 Solicitors Journal 222 (31 March 1928
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Sir John Charles Fox
National Portrait Gallery.
*Debrett, John. "Fox, Sir John Charles" in ''Debrett's Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage''. Dean & Son Ltd. 1931. Page 1018
*Alberta Chamberlain Lawrence. "Fox, John C(harles)" in ''Who's Who among living authors of older nations''. Golden Syndicate Publishing Co. Los Angeles. 1932. Page 162
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*L G Pine, Edward Martell and Alberta Lawrence. "Fox, Sir John Charles" in ''Who was who among English and European authors, 1931-1949''. Gale Research Co. 1978. Page 527
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*"Sir John Fox" in "Obituary" (1943) 87 Solicitors Journal 11
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*"Sir John C. Fox" (1921) 65 Solicitors Journal 77
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1855 births
1943 deaths
English solicitors