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xiv, 475 pages 23 cm "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 c

Author

Reid, Loren Dudley

Publisher

[Columbia] University of Missouri Press

Published

1969

Language

EN

ISBN

9780826200761

Subjects

History, Biography, Political Science