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John George Charles Fox-Strangways (6 February 1803 – 8 September 1859) was a British diplomat, Whig politician and courtier.

Early life

Fox-Strangways was the posthumous third son of

Henry 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 ...

and his second wife Maria Digby, daughter of

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William Digby. The

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and 4th Earls of Ilchester were respectively his elder half-brother and brother.

Political career

Fox-Strangways was elected

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(MP) for

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in 1836, a seat he held until 1837. He then represented

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until 1841. Fox-Strangways was also in the

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and served as a

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Marriage and children

Fox-Strangways married Amelia, daughter of Edward Marjoribanks, in 1844. They had two children:Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003 * Lady Maria Georgiana Julia Fox-Strangways (died 12 October 1922), married

Arthur Hood, 2nd Viscount Bridport Arthur Wellington Alexander Nelson Hood, 2nd Viscount Bridport CB (15 December 1839 – 28 March 1924) of Guernsey, Channel Islands, was a British Army officer. Origins He was the son and heir of General Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport ...

. * Henry Edward Fox-Strangways, 5th Earl of Ilchester (13 September 1847 - 6 December 1905) Fox-Strangways died in September 1859, aged 56. His wife died in September 1886. Their son,

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, succeeded his uncle

William Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester William Thomas Horner Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester FRS (7 May 1795 – 10 January 1865), styled The Honourable William Fox-Strangways until 1858, was a British diplomat, Whig politician and art collector. He served as Under-Secretary ...

in the earldom of Ilchester in 1865.

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