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Charles James Fox
Through family circumstances Dr. Ch.J. Fox (with his sisters Mary James and Sophy James) was sent to France and brought up as a catholic by De Tremouille, a French lady.
Internist Consumption
City Hospital, London
Lived at Ramsgate
Signed his last will 31 March 1871
16 May
Death of Dr. Charles James Fox. – We have to record the death of Dr. Charles James Fox, who will long be remembered for his unbounded kindness to the Catholic clergy of London, and, we may even say, of England. The late Dr. Fox not only gave his professional services gratuitously to every priest, but in former years, was in the habit of receiving into his house those clerics who did not reside in the metropolis and more especially the students of St. Edmund's College
. His generous kindness and able services were deeply appreciated both by Bishop Griffiths
and Cardinal Wiseman, the latter of whom expressed his sense of this in a letter which is gratefully treasured by the afflicted family. Dr. Fox was a most exemplary Catholic, and closed a holy and suffering life by a peaceful death on Tuesday last. We must not omit to add that Dr. Fox’s services to the clergy were acknowledged by his Holiness Pope Pius IX., who sent him, at Cardinal Wiseman’s request a special Benediction
. The Requiem Mass
will take place on the morning of the Funeral (Monday next) at eleven o'clock, in the Church of Our Lady and St. Joseph, Kingsland.-R.I.P.
23 May
THE LATE DR. C.J. Fox.-The tribute of respect which we paid to the memory of this excellent man was necessarily to brief to do complete justice to its subject. It is to the elder generation of our clergy that his merits are best known, and one of that body is desirous of recording the deep respect, if he may not rather say the reverence, with which he looks back upon the holy conscientious, and self-denying life of this good and faithful servant of Our Lord. The medical profession presents so many temptations to religious indifference that one who, like the late Dr. Fox, always united the spirit of devotion with a strict attention to his professional duties, deserves to be held up as an example of what is practicable, because it has been practised. An early riser, he was always at daily Mass
, except when called out by imperative duty. He not only gave the early hours of the morning to gratuitous advice, but as this writer can testify from experience, would go a distance to visit poor patients at the request of the clergy, and repeat such visits time after time. As was stated last week, he used to open his house to the reception of poor priests or students, though his means were never large. From the clergy he never exacted and always refused a fee, and when his visit was over would go on his knees for a benediction, which he used to say was the best of all fees. Truly, if a life of humble faith, self-denying charity, and severe domestic suffering is the best grounds of Christian hope, then may the family and friends of the late Dr. Fox feel the most undoubting confidence that he has died from a life of trial and suffering to the eternal reward which awaits the true servants of Our Lord.-F. O.
CHURCH OF OUR LADY AND ST. JOSEPH, KINGSLAND: – THE LATE DR. CHARLES J.AMES FOX.- On Monday last, at eleven o'clock a solemn Mass of Requiem for this good and exemplary Catholic, whose demise we had to record last week, was celebrated (presenti corpore) in this church by the Bishop of Amyela
, the Very Rev. G. Last (Canon
of Westminster
) being Assistant Priest, and the Revv. FF. J. Fox and E.J. Barnett, O.M.I., deacon
and sub-deacon. The affectionate regard felt for the memory of the deceased and his widow was evinced by the presence of numerous congregation. The London clergy were also largely represented. Besides the Coadjutor-Bishop
of the Diocese
, and the above-named officiating priests, and the Father of Charity who serve this church, we noticed the Very Rev. Dr. Gilbert, V.G., Rev. Dr. McCorry, Rev. P. O'Callaghan, Rev. A. W. Dolan, Rev. E.Pennington, Rev. J. Furlong, O.S.A., Rev. P. Phelan, Rev. L. Pycke, Rev. C.J.M. Smith, Rev. W. Ring, O.M.I. After the Requiem, the body was conveyed for interment to Our Lady's Cemetery, Kensal-green, accompanied by the mourners and friends.-R.I.P.
THE LATE DR JAMES FOX – On Monday morning a solemn mass of requiem was sung in the Church of Our Lady and St. Joseph, Tottenham road, Kingsland, for the repose of the soul of Charles James Fox, MD, formerly of 30, New Broadstreet, and late of 13, Finbury-square and Stoke-Newington. The service was performed by the Right Reverend Dr. Weathers, Lord Bishop of Amyela, who was assisted by Canon Last, the Rev. W.H. Lewthwaite, and several other priests of the vicinity. The proceedings were observed with much solemnity, a considerable congregation being present. Dr. Fox was greatly beloved amongst a large circle, and his death, at the ripe age of 75, has evoked many expressions of the esteem with which he was regarded during his lifetime. He was consulting-physician to the Spanish and Portuguese Jews’ Hospital, and also to the Royal Hospital for Diseases of the crest. The funeral took place at the Roman Catholic Cemetery of Kensal-green
6 Aug 1802 – London, 12 Mar 1876) daughter of Capt.RN Gardiner Henry Guion
and Polini Bonaparte
from Corsica
Witnesses were Joseph Fox (Father), R.D. Mitchell (brother in law), & Anna Maria Dore
Children
1- Charles James Fox + (Ramsgate, London, 2 Jun 1829 – Gravenhurst
, Canada, 12 Dec 1895 (Overdose chloroform
) married 1st Elizabeth Anna Carkeit 2 Sep 1853; 2nd ca 1890 Agatha Fulker
2- Francis Fox (Bef 1833-Bef 1871), never married, dsp
3- Gardiner Guion Joseph Fox ++ (1833 – Singapore
, 11 Feb 1881), never married, dsp
4- Henry Edward Fox +++ (3 Feb 1835 – 1915) married Notre Dame de Montreal
, Montreal
, Quebec, Canada, 12 Sep 1870 with Sarah Jane Lawson. Descendants are living in Canada.
5- Frederick William Fox (1837 – Gent
, 25 Oct 1901) never married, dsp
6- Emily Josephine Fox (Billiter Street, Londen city, 16 Nov 1840 – Nijmegen, Netherlands, 23 Mar 1932) married Londen, 2 Oct 1867 with François Reinier Jacob Albers. Numerous descendants are living in the Netherlands and America
(Albers, Halewijn, Lips, Weebers)
7- Alfred John Fox (Apr 1841 – 10 Sep 1844)
+ Charles James was one of the founders of modern dentistry
++ Went to sea at 15 in a merchant service. Mary Ann was his first ship. He had a hard life on board. He took an oath he woned never swear and drink. He never came home for twelve years. He joined the P+O
through Lord Hardwick
and Count Ineleta?
. Then he joined the Telegraph Company
and laid cables. Afterwards he became a corn merchant (for miss Flynn
(Bridget, née Burke, married to Daniel Flynn?)) remained three years at home and then joined another company (His ship on fire at Hamburg
) He got a sunstroke fell from a balcony and died at the Catholic Hospital 11 Feb 1881 and was buried by the Jesuits at Singapore
+++ Obituary of Henry Edward Fox November 1915
Mr. H.E. Fox Dead
Was Portrait Painter and Member of St. Paul's Church The funeral took place yesterday of Mr. Henry Edward Fox of (30) Cornwall street, who was for the past 35 years a member of St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church. Mr Fox was a portrait painter. He was 82 years of age. He was educated in England at St. Edmund's College and in French universities. He is survived by six children; Mrs Flynn (Cecelia) of Bracebridge; Mrs S.M. Lomas (Elizabeth), Dunedin N. Z.; Mrs J Evans (Josephine); Miss Lena (Eleanor), Thomas and Louis. Members of his family are prominent in England and Holland.
Carolus Jacobus Fox ad pedes Sanctitatis Vestrae provolutus humillime supplicat pro se suaque familia et consanguineis et affinibus usque ad gradum tertium inclusive necnon pro infrascriptis amicis ut Sanctitas Vestra apostolicam Benedictionem itemque Indulgentiam Plenariam in articulo Mortis supradictis supplicibus nunc impertiri beniguc dignetur
Pro gratia semper(?)
Pius W(?) IX
Life
Illegitimate son of Joseph FoxJoseph Fox the younger
Joseph Fox 1st Internist London Hospital. Born a Quaker, he became a catholic on what was supposed to be his deathbed and lived a year afterwards.-Life:...
Through family circumstances Dr. Ch.J. Fox (with his sisters Mary James and Sophy James) was sent to France and brought up as a catholic by De Tremouille, a French lady.
Internist Consumption
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...
City Hospital, London
Lived at Ramsgate
Signed his last will 31 March 1871
Obituaries
The only known description of his life are the obituaries written at his death16 May
Death of Dr. Charles James Fox. – We have to record the death of Dr. Charles James Fox, who will long be remembered for his unbounded kindness to the Catholic clergy of London, and, we may even say, of England. The late Dr. Fox not only gave his professional services gratuitously to every priest, but in former years, was in the habit of receiving into his house those clerics who did not reside in the metropolis and more especially the students of St. Edmund's College
St Edmund's College, Cambridge
Saint Edmund's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It is the second oldest of the four Cambridge colleges oriented to mature students, which only accept students reading for either Masters or Doctorate degrees, or undergraduate degrees if they are aged 21 or older, the...
. His generous kindness and able services were deeply appreciated both by Bishop Griffiths
Thomas Griffiths (bishop)
Thomas Griffiths was an English Roman Catholic bishop.-Life:He was the first and only Vicar Apostolic of the London District educated wholly in England. At the age of thirteen he was sent to St. Edmund's College, Old Hall, where he went through the whole course, and was ordained priest in 1814...
and Cardinal Wiseman, the latter of whom expressed his sense of this in a letter which is gratefully treasured by the afflicted family. Dr. Fox was a most exemplary Catholic, and closed a holy and suffering life by a peaceful death on Tuesday last. We must not omit to add that Dr. Fox’s services to the clergy were acknowledged by his Holiness Pope Pius IX., who sent him, at Cardinal Wiseman’s request a special Benediction
Benediction
A benediction is a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually at the end of worship service.-Judaism:...
. The Requiem Mass
Requiem
A Requiem or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead or Mass of the dead , is a Mass celebrated for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons, using a particular form of the Roman Missal...
will take place on the morning of the Funeral (Monday next) at eleven o'clock, in the Church of Our Lady and St. Joseph, Kingsland.-R.I.P.
23 May
THE LATE DR. C.J. Fox.-The tribute of respect which we paid to the memory of this excellent man was necessarily to brief to do complete justice to its subject. It is to the elder generation of our clergy that his merits are best known, and one of that body is desirous of recording the deep respect, if he may not rather say the reverence, with which he looks back upon the holy conscientious, and self-denying life of this good and faithful servant of Our Lord. The medical profession presents so many temptations to religious indifference that one who, like the late Dr. Fox, always united the spirit of devotion with a strict attention to his professional duties, deserves to be held up as an example of what is practicable, because it has been practised. An early riser, he was always at daily Mass
Mass (liturgy)
"Mass" is one of the names by which the sacrament of the Eucharist is called in the Roman Catholic Church: others are "Eucharist", the "Lord's Supper", the "Breaking of Bread", the "Eucharistic assembly ", the "memorial of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection", the "Holy Sacrifice", the "Holy and...
, except when called out by imperative duty. He not only gave the early hours of the morning to gratuitous advice, but as this writer can testify from experience, would go a distance to visit poor patients at the request of the clergy, and repeat such visits time after time. As was stated last week, he used to open his house to the reception of poor priests or students, though his means were never large. From the clergy he never exacted and always refused a fee, and when his visit was over would go on his knees for a benediction, which he used to say was the best of all fees. Truly, if a life of humble faith, self-denying charity, and severe domestic suffering is the best grounds of Christian hope, then may the family and friends of the late Dr. Fox feel the most undoubting confidence that he has died from a life of trial and suffering to the eternal reward which awaits the true servants of Our Lord.-F. O.
CHURCH OF OUR LADY AND ST. JOSEPH, KINGSLAND: – THE LATE DR. CHARLES J.AMES FOX.- On Monday last, at eleven o'clock a solemn Mass of Requiem for this good and exemplary Catholic, whose demise we had to record last week, was celebrated (presenti corpore) in this church by the Bishop of Amyela
William Weathers
Bishop William Weathers was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Catholic Church in England and Wales as well the titular Bishop of Amyela....
, the Very Rev. G. Last (Canon
Canon (priest)
A canon is a priest or minister who is a member of certain bodies of the Christian clergy subject to an ecclesiastical rule ....
of Westminster
Westminster
Westminster is an area of central London, within the City of Westminster, England. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, southwest of the City of London and southwest of Charing Cross...
) being Assistant Priest, and the Revv. FF. J. Fox and E.J. Barnett, O.M.I., deacon
Deacon
Deacon is a ministry in the Christian Church that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions...
and sub-deacon. The affectionate regard felt for the memory of the deceased and his widow was evinced by the presence of numerous congregation. The London clergy were also largely represented. Besides the Coadjutor-Bishop
Coadjutor bishop
A coadjutor bishop is a bishop in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches who is designated to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese, almost as co-bishop of the diocese...
of the Diocese
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
, and the above-named officiating priests, and the Father of Charity who serve this church, we noticed the Very Rev. Dr. Gilbert, V.G., Rev. Dr. McCorry, Rev. P. O'Callaghan, Rev. A. W. Dolan, Rev. E.Pennington, Rev. J. Furlong, O.S.A., Rev. P. Phelan, Rev. L. Pycke, Rev. C.J.M. Smith, Rev. W. Ring, O.M.I. After the Requiem, the body was conveyed for interment to Our Lady's Cemetery, Kensal-green, accompanied by the mourners and friends.-R.I.P.
THE LATE DR JAMES FOX – On Monday morning a solemn mass of requiem was sung in the Church of Our Lady and St. Joseph, Tottenham road, Kingsland, for the repose of the soul of Charles James Fox, MD, formerly of 30, New Broadstreet, and late of 13, Finbury-square and Stoke-Newington. The service was performed by the Right Reverend Dr. Weathers, Lord Bishop of Amyela, who was assisted by Canon Last, the Rev. W.H. Lewthwaite, and several other priests of the vicinity. The proceedings were observed with much solemnity, a considerable congregation being present. Dr. Fox was greatly beloved amongst a large circle, and his death, at the ripe age of 75, has evoked many expressions of the esteem with which he was regarded during his lifetime. He was consulting-physician to the Spanish and Portuguese Jews’ Hospital, and also to the Royal Hospital for Diseases of the crest. The funeral took place at the Roman Catholic Cemetery of Kensal-green
Family
Charles James Fox (London, 25 Jan 1799 – London, 12 May 1874), son of Joseph Fox, married Windsor, 12 Aug 1828 with Anne Mary Guion (AKA: Nanette) (London, 4 Nov 1798, Christened St. George the Martyr, Queen Square, HolbornSt George the Martyr Holborn
St George the Martyr Holborn is an Anglican church located at the south end of Queen Square, Holborn, London Borough of Camden. It is dedicated to Saint George, and is so-called to distinguish it from the later nearby church of St...
6 Aug 1802 – London, 12 Mar 1876) daughter of Capt.RN Gardiner Henry Guion
Gardiner Henry Guion
Captain Gardiner Henry Guion Gardiner Henry Guion was the son of Daniel Guion , a [] and Merchant who had lived for some years in 34 Crutched Ffriars opposite to the Office of the Royal Navy and Ann , who would be Matron of the Royal London Hospital 1790-1797, and brother of Daniel Oliver Guion,...
and Polini Bonaparte
Bonaparte
The House of Bonaparte is an imperial and royal European dynasty founded by Napoleon I of France in 1804, a French military leader who rose to notability out of the French Revolution and transformed the French Republic into the First French Empire within five years of his coup d'état...
from Corsica
Corsica
Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....
Witnesses were Joseph Fox (Father), R.D. Mitchell (brother in law), & Anna Maria Dore
Children
1- Charles James Fox + (Ramsgate, London, 2 Jun 1829 – Gravenhurst
Gravenhurst, Ontario
Gravenhurst is a town in the Muskoka Region of Ontario, Canada. It is located approximately south of Bracebridge, Ontario. The mayor is Paisley Donaldson...
, Canada, 12 Dec 1895 (Overdose chloroform
Chloroform
Chloroform is an organic compound with formula CHCl3. It is one of the four chloromethanes. The colorless, sweet-smelling, dense liquid is a trihalomethane, and is considered somewhat hazardous...
) married 1st Elizabeth Anna Carkeit 2 Sep 1853; 2nd ca 1890 Agatha Fulker
2- Francis Fox (Bef 1833-Bef 1871), never married, dsp
3- Gardiner Guion Joseph Fox ++ (1833 – Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
, 11 Feb 1881), never married, dsp
4- Henry Edward Fox +++ (3 Feb 1835 – 1915) married Notre Dame de Montreal
Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal)
Notre-Dame Basilica is a basilica in the historic district of Old Montreal, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The church is located at 110 Notre-Dame Street West, at the corner of Saint Sulpice Street...
, Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec, Canada, 12 Sep 1870 with Sarah Jane Lawson. Descendants are living in Canada.
5- Frederick William Fox (1837 – Gent
Ghent
Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...
, 25 Oct 1901) never married, dsp
6- Emily Josephine Fox (Billiter Street, Londen city, 16 Nov 1840 – Nijmegen, Netherlands, 23 Mar 1932) married Londen, 2 Oct 1867 with François Reinier Jacob Albers. Numerous descendants are living in the Netherlands and America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
(Albers, Halewijn, Lips, Weebers)
7- Alfred John Fox (Apr 1841 – 10 Sep 1844)
+ Charles James was one of the founders of modern dentistry
Dentistry
Dentistry is the branch of medicine that is involved in the study, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disorders and conditions of the oral cavity, maxillofacial area and the adjacent and associated structures and their impact on the human body. Dentistry is widely considered...
++ Went to sea at 15 in a merchant service. Mary Ann was his first ship. He had a hard life on board. He took an oath he woned never swear and drink. He never came home for twelve years. He joined the P+O
United Kingdom Postmaster General
The Postmaster General of the United Kingdom is a defunct Cabinet-level ministerial position in HM Government. Aside from maintaining the postal system, the Telegraph Act of 1868 established the Postmaster General's right to exclusively maintain electric telegraphs...
through Lord Hardwick
Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke
Admiral Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke PC , was a British naval commander and Conservative politician.-Background:...
and Count Ineleta?
Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde
Ulick John de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde KP, PC , styled Lord Dunkellin until 1808 and known as The Earl of Clanricarde between 1808 and 1825, was a British Whig politician.-Background and education:...
. Then he joined the Telegraph Company
Electric Telegraph Company
The Electric Telegraph Company was the world's first public telegraph company founded in the United Kingdom in 1846 by Sir William Fothergill Cooke and John Lewis Ricardo, MP for Stoke-on-Trent....
and laid cables. Afterwards he became a corn merchant (for miss Flynn
Flynn
Flynn is a surname of Irish origin it is an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Floinn "descendant of Flann", a byname meaning "red", "ruddy". The name originated in the landlocked county of Laois in the mid-1300s by a large farming family. The name was almost wiped out from both plague and famine,...
(Bridget, née Burke, married to Daniel Flynn?)) remained three years at home and then joined another company (His ship on fire at Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
) He got a sunstroke fell from a balcony and died at the Catholic Hospital 11 Feb 1881 and was buried by the Jesuits at Singapore
+++ Obituary of Henry Edward Fox November 1915
Mr. H.E. Fox Dead
Was Portrait Painter and Member of St. Paul's Church The funeral took place yesterday of Mr. Henry Edward Fox of (30) Cornwall street, who was for the past 35 years a member of St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church. Mr Fox was a portrait painter. He was 82 years of age. He was educated in England at St. Edmund's College and in French universities. He is survived by six children; Mrs Flynn (Cecelia) of Bracebridge; Mrs S.M. Lomas (Elizabeth), Dunedin N. Z.; Mrs J Evans (Josephine); Miss Lena (Eleanor), Thomas and Louis. Members of his family are prominent in England and Holland.
Benediction
Beatisseme PaterCarolus Jacobus Fox ad pedes Sanctitatis Vestrae provolutus humillime supplicat pro se suaque familia et consanguineis et affinibus usque ad gradum tertium inclusive necnon pro infrascriptis amicis ut Sanctitas Vestra apostolicam Benedictionem itemque Indulgentiam Plenariam in articulo Mortis supradictis supplicibus nunc impertiri beniguc dignetur
| Quod Deus | |
|---|---|
| Joannes O’Regan | Anna Cox |
| Patrilius O’Connor | Margarita Cox |
| Ludovicus Vaughan | Elizabeth Ecquilbec |
| Adolph | Joanna Adolph |
| Webster | |
| Maria Flynn |
Pro gratia semper(?)
Pius W(?) IX
Pope Pius IX
Blessed Pope Pius IX , born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, was the longest-reigning elected Pope in the history of the Catholic Church, serving from 16 June 1846 until his death, a period of nearly 32 years. During his pontificate, he convened the First Vatican Council in 1869, which decreed papal...