The Hon. John George Charles Fox-Strangways (6 February 1803 – 8 September 1859) was a British diplomat, Whig politician and courtier.

Background

Fox-Strangways was the third son of Henry Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester

Henry Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester

Henry Thomas Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester , known as Lord Stavordale from 1756 to 1776, was a British peer and Member of Parliament....

, by his second wife Maria, daughter of the Very Reverend William Digby.

Political career

Fox-Strangways was elected as the Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for (MP) Calne

Calne (UK Parliament constituency)

Calne was a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.-History:...

 in 1836, a seat he held until 1837, and then represented Dorset

Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)

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 until 1841. He was also in the Foreign Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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 and served as a Gentleman Usher

Gentleman Usher

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 to Queen Adelaide

Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen

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.

Family

Fox-Strangways married Amelia, daughter of Edward Marjoribanks, in 1844. Their son, Henry

Henry Fox-Strangways, 5th Earl of Ilchester

Henry Edward Fox-Strangways, 5th Earl of Ilchester PC , known as Henry Fox-Strangways until 1865, was a British peer and Liberal politician. He served as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms under William Ewart Gladstone between January and February 1874.-Background and...

, succeeded in the earldom of Ilchester in 1865. Fox-Strangways died in September 1859, aged 56. His wife died in September 1886.

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