Stephen Fox, 2nd Baron Holland


Stephen Fox, 2nd Baron Holland of Holland House in Kensington, Middlesex, was a British peer.

Origins

He was the eldest son of Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland of Holland House, by his wife Lady Caroline Lennox, suo jure 1st Baroness Holland, a daughter of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond. Stephen and his younger brother, the great Whig statesman Charles James Fox, were a great trial to their parents because of their gambling and other habits.

Career

He was educated at Eton College. When his father died on 1 July 1774, Stephen inherited his title and then his mother's upon her death three weeks later. Stephen Fox himself died only five months later and his titles were inherited by his only son, Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland.

Marriage and progeny

On 20 April 1766 he married Lady Mary FitzPatrick, a daughter of John FitzPatrick, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory, by whom he had two children: