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Charles James Fox (24 January 1749 – 13 September 1806), styled The Honourable from 1762, was a British Whig politician and statesman whose parliamentary career spanned 38 years of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Charles James Fox (Westminster, 24 gennaio 1749 – Chiswick, 13 settembre 1806) è stato un politico britannico
Charles James Fox was Britain’s first foreign secretary (1782, 1783, 1806), a famous champion of liberty, whose career, on the face of it, was nevertheless one of almost unrelieved failure. He conducted against King George III a long and brilliant vendetta; for this reason he was almost always in.
Charles James Fox. Foreign Secretary March to July 1782, April to December 1783 and February to September 1806. Fox was a gambling addict, womaniser, debtor, and dandy who was forgiven his...
Charles James Fox, (born Jan. 24, 1749, London, Eng.—died Sept. 13, 1806, Chiswick, Middlesex), British politician. He entered Parliament in 1768 and became leader of the Whigs in the House of Commons, where he used his brilliant oratorical skills to strongly oppose Britain’s policy toward the American colonies.
Uomo politico, statista, oratore inglese, nato a Londra (Westminster City) il 24 gennaio 1749, morto a Chiswick (Devonshire) il 13 settembre 1806.
Segretario di stato per gli Affari esteri nel 1782 e nel 1783, riconobbe l'indipendenza delle colonie d'America; poi sviluppò un'azione, per ridimensionare la Compagnia delle Indie e ridurre i poteri della Corona, che gli procurò molte opposizioni.
