Alfred Fox

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Alfred Fox, (September 9, 1794 – May 20, 1874)^[1] of Falmouth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, was owner and developer of Glendurgan Garden, now a National Trust property. He was a member of the Quaker Fox family of Falmouth.

Contents 1 Business interests 2 Scientific interests 3 Family 3.1 Parents 3.2 Marriage and children 4 Notes and References 4.1 Printed sources 4.2 Online sources

[edit] 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 at Perranarworthal
• Falmouth Docks: In 1859, he was elected as Chairman of the Directors of the Company authorised by Parliament to improve Falmouth Docks ^[2] and in 1861, he was Chairman of the Falmouth Docks company board, when it issued 144,700 shares ^[3].
• Mining and smelting tin and copper, in Cornwall and South Wales, at Neath Abbey^[4].

He was Vice Consul of the U.S.A. in Falmouth, 1858-65 and Consul in Falmouth, 1863-74 ^[5]. 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 ^[6].

[edit] Scientific 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. ^[7].

[edit] Family

[edit] Parents

He was the son of Robert Were Fox (1754-1818) and his wife, Elizabeth Tregelles (1768–1849)

[edit] Marriage and children

He married Sarah Lloyd on May 16, 1828 ^[8] and they had twelve children:

• Alfred Lloyd Fox (May 26, 1829 – June 23, 1885), married Mary Jane Fox (died October 21, 1919)^[9]

• Theodore Fox (April 4, 1831 – September 27, 1899). Married Harriet Howell Kirkbridge. ^[10]

• Rachel Elizabeth Fox (February 6, 1833 – August 18, 1923),^[11] who married first Samuel Lindoe Fox (June 16, 1830 – November 22, 1862) ,^[12] in 1854 and second Philip Debell Tuckett (1833 – 1894) in 1867^[13].

• 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 and Lord Mayor of London. He was created a Baronet in 1885,^[14].

• Mary Fox, (August 11, 1835 – August 3, 1892)^[15] who married Joseph Whitwell Pease (1828 – 1903) 1st Baronet Pease of Hutton Lowcross.

• Howard Fox (December 10, 1836 – November 15, 1922). Married Olivia Blanche Orme ^[16]. U.S. Consul 1874-75 ^[17]. His daughters gave Fox-Rosehill Gardens in Falmouth ^[18] 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)^[19] who married Thomas Hodgkin (July 29, 1831 – March 2, 1913), Banker and historian on August 7, 1861 ^[20]. Lived at Treworgan, Mawnan Smith ^[8].

• Charles William Fox (June 13, 1843 – June 18, 1866) ^[21].

• George Henry Fox (September 27, 1845 – January 13, 1931). Married Rachel Juliet Fowler (1858 - 30 August 1939).^[22]. They had seven children and lived at Glendurgan from 1938^[8].

• Wilson Lloyd Fox (January 27, 1847 – January 13, 1936). Married (1) Augusta Mary Rogers ^[8](2) Constance Louis Grace Rogers ^[23]

• Sophia Lloyd Fox (September 28, 1848 – December 25, 1870)^[24].

The Book of Mawnan ^[25] gives more details.

[edit] Notes and References

1. ^ Fox Hound database
2. ^ Falmouth Packet archives
3. ^ The Times, Oct 28, 1861; pg. 3; col A: Falmouth Docks share issue.
4. ^ Company records held by West Glamorgan Record Office
5. ^ The Political Graveyard: database of the U.S. Foreign service
6. ^ Dictionary of Quaker Biography.
7. ^ 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.
8. ^ ^{a b c d} Book of Mawnan (2004:59)
9. ^ Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD and marriage
10. ^ Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD and marriage
11. ^ Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD
12. ^ NOT Samuel Fox (1815-1871). Date of birth from Fox Hound database, Date of Death Milligan's Dictionary.
13. ^ Philip Debell Tuckett: confusingly, his father and grandfather bore the same name as him.
14. ^ 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 [1] accessed 15 Nov 2006
15. ^ Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD
16. ^ Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD and marriage
17. ^ Political Graveyard
18. ^ Fox Rosehill Gardens (Falmouth)page
19. ^ Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD
20. ^ ODNB article - G. H. Martin, 'Hodgkin, Thomas (1831–1913)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004 [2], accessed 15 Nov 2006
21. ^ Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD
22. ^ 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.
23. ^ Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD and marriage (2)
24. ^ Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD
25. ^ Mawnan History Group (2002). The Book of Mawnan: celebrating a South Cornwall parish. Tiverton, Devon: Halsgrove. 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.

[edit] Printed sources

• Tod, Robert (1980). Caroline Fox, Quaker blue-stocking 1819-1871, friend of John Stuart Mill, Thomas and Jane Carlyle, Frederick Denison Maurice and helper of sailors in distress. York: Sessions. ISBN 0-900657-54-5.  Caroline Fox was Alfred Fox's niece. A Family Tree on page viii.

• Fox, Charles (2004). Glendurgan: a personal memoir of a garden in Cornwall. Newmill, Penzance, Cornwall: Alison Hodge. ISBN 0-906720-35-4.  by a great grandson of Alfred Fox.
• Mawnan History Group (2002). The Book of Mawnan: celebrating a South Cornwall parish. Tiverton, Devon: Halsgrove. 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.

[edit] Online sources

• 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.
• 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
• 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