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242 HOLLAND, III. 1G75. 3. Edward (Rich), Earl of Warwick, Eari,V„ Holland, &c., 2d but 1st surv. h, and h, by second wife; b. about 1673 ; styled Lord Rich, till lie sue. to the peerage in April 1075. He d. 31 July 17*01. IV. 1701. Edward Henry (Rich), Earl of Warwick, Earl Holland, &c, only B. and h.,b. about 1698, styled Loud Rich till he Hie, to the peerage in .luly 1701. He d. num. 10 Aug. 1721. V. 1721, 5. Edward (Ru n), Earl op Warwick [1618], to EaUL Holland [1C24], Baron Rich [1647], and Baron 1759. Kensington [1623], cousin and h. male, being s. and h. of the Hon. Cope Rich, br. n{ Robert, 5th Karl ok Warwick, and 2d Eakl Holland above named ; 5. about 1696 : d. s-p. 7 Sept. 1759, when all hs honours became extinct. Barony. l. The Lady Georgiana Caroline Fox, 1st da. of 1 176° Charles (Lennox V- 1 ' Dukk of Richmond, by Sarah, 1st da. and coheir of William (Cadooan), 1st Earl Cadogan, was 5. 27 March, and bap. 26 April 172:!, at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, and having clandestinely in. 2 May 1754, (at the house of Sir Charles Hanbury-Williains), the Rt. Hon. Heury Fox, was 7 March 1762. (her husband being then Paymaster-Gen. and a few months later Leader of the House of Commons), cr. LADY HOL- LAND, BARONESS OF HOLLAND, co. Lincoln (»). with rem. of that Peerage to her heirs male by her said husband. He, the said Hf.nky Fox, was 9th but 2d surv. f» s. of the Rt. Hon. Sir Stephen Fox, of Farley, Wilts, and of Chiswick, Mid.v, being his yst s. by his second wife. Christian, da. and coheir of the Rev. Francis Hoi ks, M.A., Rector of Ilacebv and Aswarby, CO Lincoln. He was 4. 2S Sep.. and bap. 16 Oct. 170">, at Chiswick; ed. at Eton; M.P. for Hindon 1735-41, for Windsor 1741-61, and for Duir.vieh 1761-62 ; was a supporter of Sir Robert Walpole ; Surveyor-Gen. of Works, 1737-47; one of the Lords of the Treasury, 1743-14 j P.C. 1746; Sec. at War, 1746-5;'. ; becoming, in Oct. 1755, Sec. of State, a member of the Cabinet and Leader of the House of Commons under the Newcastle Ministry, but resigning office in Nov. 1756. Paymaster-Gen. f«j t 1757-65, becoming again Leader of the House of Commons, Oct. 1762 under the Bute Ministry (with the sinecure post of Clerk of the Pells [1 ]. for his life and that of ln's two sons. He was raised to the peerage 17 April 1763, being cr. BARON HOLLAND OF FOXLEY, co. Wilts within a year of the creation of his wife as a Peeress, as abovemeutioned. He in. firstly in Feb. 1732/3, Penelope, da. of John Dyne, by DoTotby da. and h. of Walter Aston of Millwick, co. Stafford. She who was niece to the well-known Lady Sundon, and who had been Maid of Honour (Feb. 1724/5}, d. B.p.s., within ten years of her marriage. His second marriage, 2 May. 174 I, has already been mentioned. He </. at Holland House, 1 July 1774, aged 66, and was bar, at Farley, Wilts. Will pr. July 1774. His widow, the s»o jure Baroness, who survived him but three weeks, </. at Holland House, 24 July 177 1, aged 01, and was bur. at Farley, afsd. Will pr. Aug. 1774. ( a ) Her connection with the title of " Holland, en. Lincoln was that its former owner had given the name of Holland to Holland House, in Kensington, which house had been some time rented but subsequently (though not till 1767, according to the "Nat. Btogr.") purchased by her husband. ( b ) His elder br. (of the whole blood), Stephen Fox, was cr.. in 1756, Earl of Rob-ester, being ancestor of the succeeding Earls. () From this post a most lucrative one (during the war), he amassed a large fortune. (*) "111 supported by his colleagues, and hated on all sides, Fox became anxious to retire from the house, and, claiming his reward for his apostacy, was cr. Baron Holland of. Foxley." " He tried several times to obtain an Earldom, but, isolated