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"Charles James Fox PC (24 January 1749? 13 September 1806), styled The Honourable from 1762, was a prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned thirty-eight years of the late 18th and early 19th centuries and who was particularly noted for being the arch-rival of William Pitt the Younger. His father was a leading Whig and Fox rose to prominence in the House of Commons as a forceful and eloquent speaker with a notorious and colourful private life, though his opinions were rather conservative and conventional. However, with the coming of the American War of Independence and the influence of the Whig Edmund Burke, Fox's opinions evolved into some of the most radical ever to be aired in the Parliament of his era."--Wikipedia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-457)

pt. I : Thrice in, thrice out -- Genesis of a speaker -- Eton, Oxford, the grand tour -- The phenomenon of the age -- In and out of government -- pt. II : The loyal opposition -- Fox discovers America -- Fox in opposition -- A speech without a reply -- Fox and North: Conflict -- Fox goes to the people -- The opposition triumphs -- The first foreign secretary -- Road to coalition -- Mr secretary Fox -- The India bill -- The Westminster election -- Mr Pitt and Mr Fox -- Fox, The Prince, and Mrs Fitzherbert -- The king's illness -- pt. III : Man of the people -- Genesis of a new whig -- Defender of political liberty -- War with France -- For freedom of speech -- Great whig -- Speaker for the people -- pt. IV : Long road back -- Secession ; St Anne's Hill -- Quest for peace -- Pitt resigns ; secession continues -- Road to war -- Fox and Pitt in opposition -- Pitt dies, Fox takes office -- Death of Fox