Whig politician. Grandson of the first Baron, and nephew of Charles James Fox. Born Wiltshire and orphaned by the age of 5.
Owned 401 slaves. provides "‘By the unexpected death of his wife’s first husband in 1800, Holland found himself the reluctant, but effectual proprietor of the Vassall plantations in Jamaica." He claimed to abhor slavery, but apparently not enough to free the slaves as soon as they came into his ownership.
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Lord Holland, Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland
Yet anonther lazy London statue - see Peabody for our log of all the seated s...
District Staff Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1903-1950. A/Commander in the Order of St John.
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George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol was an English politician and peer who sat in the House of Commons 1640-41, when he was raised to the House of Lords. He supported the Royalists during the English...
Born Kent.  Lord/Grand Prior of the Knights Hospitallers of England.  As Lord High Treasurer he was responsible for collecting the poll tax. Bad timing for him since the Peasants Revolted, stormed ...
Lord Mayor of London, 1911. Married Lillie Hartnoll in 1900.
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