When was Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland, born?
He was born on the 21st of November 1773, at Winterslow House in Wiltshire. His father was Stephen Fox, 2nd Baron Holland, and his mother was Lady Mary FitzPatrick.
Questions about Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland
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What government positions did Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland, hold?
He served as Lord Privy Seal from 1806 to 1807 in Lord Grenville's Ministry of All the Talents. He later served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1830 to 1834 and again from 1835 until his death in 1840, under Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne.
How did Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland, speak on the Slave Trade Act of 1807?
On the 5th of February 1807, he spoke in the House of Lords in support of the act. He argued it was impossible to believe that an enslaved person's condition in the West Indies was preferable to slavery in Africa.
Was Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland, compensated after slavery was abolished?
Yes. Under the Slave Compensation Act of 1837, he received three separate awards for enslaved people on his estates in Jamaica. Those estates had come to him through his wife, Elizabeth Webster, whose maiden name was Vassall.
What did Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland, write?
His published works include Opinions of Lord Holland in 1841, Foreign Reminiscences in 1850, and Memoirs of the Whig Party in 1852. He also wrote on the Spanish playwright Lope de Vega, in 1806 and again in 1817, and a short story called Eve's Legend that uses only the vowel E.
Why is Vassall ward in Lambeth named after Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland?
Vassall ward takes its name from him because he carried out the area's first building development in the 1820s. Streets there, including Holland Grove, Lord Holland Lane, Foxley Square, and Vassall Road, still commemorate the connection.