Henry Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Henry Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester
- Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester (10 August 1747 – 5 September 1802), known as Lord Stavordale from 1756 to 1776, was a British peer and Member of Parliament. Ilchester was the eldest son of Stephen Fox-Strangways, 1st Earl of Ilchester, and his wife, the former Elizabeth Horner.
- Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, was his uncle.
- He was elected to the House of Commons for Midhurst in 1768 (along with his cousin Charles James Fox), a seat he retained until 1774.
- Two years later he succeeded his father as second Earl of Ilchester and took his seat in the House of Lords. Detailed information about the Ilchester household and family survives in the published diaries and correspondence of Agnes Porter, a Scottish-born governess to his many daughters from 1784 to 1797.
- The family's previous governess had been Jane Gardiner, a childhood friend of Mary Wollstonecraft.
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