- Alfred Fox
Alfred Fox, (September 9, 1794 – May 20, 1874) [ [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~foxdatabase/alfred.html Fox Hound database] ] of Falmouth,
Cornwall ,England ,United Kingdom , was owner and developer ofGlendurgan Garden , now a National Trust property. He was a member of theQuaker Fox family of Falmouth .Business interests
He ran the fishing and pilchard-salting and export part of the diversified Fox family business. He was also involved in the firm’s other activities: :*
Shipbroking at Falmouth:* Iron Founding atPerranarworthal :* Falmouth Docks: In 1859, he was elected as Chairman of the Directors of the Company authorised by Parliament to improve Falmouth Docks [ [http://www.falmouth.packet.archives.dial.pipex.com/id121.htm Falmouth Packet archives] ] and in 1861, he was Chairman of the Falmouth Docks company board, when it issued 144,700 shares ["The Times", Oct 28, 1861; pg. 3; col A: Falmouth Docks share issue.] . :* Mining and smelting tin and copper, in Cornwall and South Wales, atNeath Abbey [ [http://www.archivesnetworkwales.info/cgi-bin/anw/fulldesc_nofr?inst_id=23&coll_id=76732&expand= Company records held by West Glamorgan Record Office] ] .He was Vice Consul of the U.S.A. in Falmouth, 1858-65 and Consul in Falmouth, 1863-74 [ [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED.html| The Political Graveyard: database of the U.S. Foreign service] ] . He acted as Consul in Falmouth for Belgium and Vice-Consul for Russia, Italy, Austria, Denmark, Hanover, Mecklenburgh, the Hanse Towns, Greece, Brazil, the Argentine and Mexico [Dictionary of Quaker Biography.] .
cientific interests
Alfred Fox, his cousin, George Croker Fox (1784-1850) and brother, Robert Were Fox FRS, assembled excellent collections of minerals, which are now in the
British Museum (Natural History) , given by Arthur Russell. [Mineralogy references: Embery, P.G. and Symes, R.F. (1987) "Minerals of Cornwall and Devon", British Museum (Natural History), ISBN Hardback 0-565-01046-8 Paperback 0-565-00989-3.] .Family
Parents, brothers and sisters
He was the fourth son of Robert Were Fox (1754-1818) and his wife, Elizabeth Tregelles (1768–1849). He had ten siblings (for more information on Fox Family genealogy see:
Fox family of Falmouth ).Marriage and children
He married Sarah Lloyd on May 16, 1828 "Book of Mawnan" (2004:59) ] and they had twelve children:
* Alfred Lloyd Fox (May 26, 1829 – June 23, 1885), married Mary Jane Fox (died October 21, 1919) [ [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~foxdatabase/alfred.html Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD and marriage] ]
* Theodore Fox (April 4, 1831 – September 27, 1899). Married Harriet Howell Kirkbridge. [ [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~foxdatabase/theodore.html Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD and marriage] ]
* Rachel Elizabeth Fox (February 6, 1833 – August 18, 1923), [ [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~foxdatabase/rachel.html Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD] ] who married first
Samuel Lindoe Fox (June 16, 1830 – November 22, 1862) , [NOTSamuel Fox (1815-1871). Date of birth from Fox Hound database, Date of Death Milligan's "Dictionary".] in 1854 and secondPhilip Debell Tuckett (1833 – 1894) in 1867 [Philip Debell Tuckett: confusingly, his father and grandfather bore the same name as him.] .* Sarah Charlotte Fox (March 15, 1834). On October 27, 1852 she married Sir
Robert Nicholas Fowler ,(September 12, 1828 – May 22, 1891), a banker, M.P. for the Penryn and Falmouth Constituency 1868 – 1874 , Conservative M.P. for the City of London Constituency 1880 – 1891 andLord Mayor of London . He was created a Baronet in 1885, [ [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~foxdatabase/sarah.html Fox Hound database] "see also"ODNB article by H. L. Malchow, 'Fowler, Sir Robert Nicholas, first baronet (1828–1891)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, May 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10014] accessed 15 Nov 2006 ] .* Mary Fox, (August 11, 1835 – August 3, 1892) [ [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~foxdatabase/mary.html Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD] ] who married Joseph Whitwell Pease (1828 – 1903) 1st Baronet of Hutton Lowcross and Pinchinthorpe.
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Howard Fox (December 10, 1836 – November 15, 1922). Married Olivia Blanche Orme [ [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~foxdatabase/howard.html Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD and marriage] ] . U.S. Consul 1874-75 [ [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED.html Political Graveyard] ] . His daughters gaveFox-Rosehill Gardens in Falmouth [ [http://members.tripod.com/morrablectures/fox.htm Fox Rosehill Gardens (Falmouth)page] ] to Carrick District Council in 1944. Author of "Observations in further illustration of the history and statistics of the Pilchard Fishery"(1879)* Helen Maria Fox (November 17, 1838 – May 1, 1928). Married John William Pease (1836-1901).
* Lucy Ann Fox, (October 5, 1841 – December 26, 1934) [ [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~foxdatabase/lucy.html Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD] ] who married Thomas Hodgkin (July 29, 1831 – March 2, 1913), Banker and historian on August 7, 1861 [
ODNB article - G. H. Martin, 'Hodgkin, Thomas (1831–1913)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33915] , accessed 15 Nov 2006] . Lived at Treworgan, Mawnan Smith .* Charles William Fox (June 13, 1843 – June 18, 1866) [ [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~foxdatabase/charles.html Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD] ] .
* George Henry Fox (September 27, 1845 – January 13, 1931). Married Rachel Juliet Fowler (1858 - 30 August 1939). [ [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~foxdatabase/george.html Fox Hound database for GHF DoB, DoD] RJF death notice "The Times", Thursday, Aug 17, 1939; pg. 1; Issue 48386; col B . "Glendurgan" by Charles Fox, p119 gives dates of Rachel Fox and the names and dates of their children.] . They had seven children and lived at Glendurgan from 1938.
* Wilson Lloyd Fox (January 27, 1847 – January 13, 1936). Married (1) Augusta Mary Rogers (2) Constance Louis Grace Rogers [ [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~foxdatabase/wilson.html Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD and marriage (2)] ]
* Sophia Lloyd Fox (September 28, 1848 – December 25, 1870) [ [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~foxdatabase/sophia.html Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD] ] .
"The Book of Mawnan" [cite book
title=The Book of Mawnan: celebrating a South Cornwall parish
author=Mawnan History Group
date= 2002
publisher=Halsgrove
location=Tiverton, Devon
id=ISBN 1-84114-148-8. pp59-65: Life at Glendurgan, Group photograph of Alfred Fox's descendants, extracts from Alfred Fox's diary, Glendurgan staff and gardeners.] gives more details.Notes and References
Printed sources
* cite book
last = Tod
first = Robert
authorlink = Robert Tod
editor=
title = Caroline Fox, Quaker blue-stocking 1819-1871, friend ofJohn Stuart Mill , Thomas and Jane Carlyle,Frederick Denison Maurice and helper of sailors in distress
publisher= Sessions
location = York
date= 1980
id=ISBN 0-900657-54-5Caroline Fox was Alfred Fox's niece. A Family Tree on page viii.* cite book
last = Fox
first = Charles
authorlink = Charles Fox of Glendurgan
title = Glendurgan: a personal memoir of a garden in Cornwall
publisher = Alison Hodge
date = 2004
location = Newmill, Penzance, Cornwall
pages =
id = ISBN 0-906720-35-4 by a great grandson of Alfred Fox.
* cite book
title=The Book of Mawnan: celebrating a South Cornwall parish
author=Mawnan History Group
date= 2002
publisher=Halsgrove
location=Tiverton, Devon
id=ISBN 1-84114-148-8
* "The Biographical dictionary of British Quakers in commerce and industry, 1775-1920", by Edward H. Milligan, Sessions of York (2007) ISBN 978-1-85702-367-7.Online sources
* [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~foxdatabase Fox Hound database] indexing large numbers of people with the surname “Fox”, by First Name, giving Dates of Birth and Death and name of marriage partner.
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/ The Political Graveyard] A site attempting to list deceased members of the U.S. Diplomatic Service, and other U.S. political persons, and their burial places
* [http://www.oxforddnb.com Oxford Dictionary of National Biography] (available free of charge to members of many U.K. Public Libraries).Persondata
NAME=Fox, Alfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Businessman ,garden designer
DATE OF BIRTH=1794
PLACE OF BIRTH=
DATE OF DEATH=1874
PLACE OF DEATH=
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