Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland

The Lord Holland
Portrait of Lord Holland by Sir George Hayter, 1820. National Portrait Gallery, London.
Lord Privy Seal
In office
8 October 1806 – 31 March 1807
MonarchGeorge III
Prime MinisterThe Lord Grenville
Preceded byThe Viscount Sidmouth
Succeeded byThe Earl of Westmorland
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office
25 November 1830 – 14 November 1834
MonarchWilliam IV
Prime MinisterThe Earl Grey
The Viscount Melbourne
Preceded byCharles Arbuthnot
Succeeded byCharles Williams-Wynn
In office
20 February 1835 – 22 October 1840
MonarchsWilliam IV
Victoria
Prime MinisterThe Viscount Melbourne
Preceded byCharles Williams-Wynn
Succeeded byThe Earl of Clarendon
Personal details
Born21 November 1773 (1773-11-21)
Winterslow House, Wiltshire
Died22 October 1840 (1840-10-23) (aged 66)
NationalityBritish
Political partyWhig
SpouseElizabeth Vassall
Children7, including:
Charles Richard Fox
Henry Fox, 4th Baron Holland
Parent(s)Stephen Fox, 2nd Baron Holland
Lady Mary FitzPatrick
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
Canting arms of Fox, Baron Holland: Ermine, on a chevron azure three fox's heads and necks erased or on a canton of the second a fleur-de-lys of the third

Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland of Holland, and 3rd Baron Holland of Foxley PC (21 November 1773 – 22 October 1840), was an English politician and a major figure in Whig politics in the early 19th century. A grandson of Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, and nephew of Charles James Fox, he served as Lord Privy Seal between 1806 and 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents headed by Lord Grenville and as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1830 and 1834 and again between 1835 and his death in 1840 in the Whig administrations of Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne.


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