Robert Were Fox the Elder
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Robert Were Fox, businessman lived July 5, 1754 - 1818. He was born in Fowey, Cornwall, England. He and Elizabeth Tregelles (1768 – 1849) were married in 1788.
They had six sons, including Charles Fox of Trebah, Robert Were Fox F.R.S.[1] of Penjerrick Garden and Alfred Fox of Glendurgan.
The family was Quaker, descended from George Fox of Fowey and his wife, Anna Debell. Robert Were Fox was the son of their son, George Croker Fox and his wife, Mary Were[2] .
The Shipping Broking business was founded in Falmouth by George Croker Fox. It survived into the 21st Century.
During the time R.W.Fox (1754-1818) ran the Ship Brokering business, family business interests expanded into copper-mining and tin-smelting and foundry-work in partnership with the Williams family. In 1794 R.W. Fox was appointed Consul (Diplomatic Representative) by the United States of America for the port of Falmouth. In 1811, he was one of four delegates sent to negotiate with the Post Office headquarters in Lombard Street for the return of the Packet Service station to Falmouth from Plymouth [3].
[edit] Notes and References
- ^ ODNB articles cited below.
- ^ Pages 26/27 of Barclay Fox's Journal
- ^ Arthur H Norway (1895) The Post-Office Packet service: between the years 1793 and 1815, complied from records, chiefly official London, Macmillan. pp.197-221.
[edit] Sources
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography article by Philip Payton Fox, Robert Were (1754–1818)
- ODNB article by Denise Crook, Fox, Robert Were (1789–1877) accessed 3 Aug 2006
- ODNB article by G. C. Boase, Fox, Charles (1797–1878), revised by Justin Brooke, accessed 6 Aug 2006]
- Fox, Robert Barclay (1979). in ed. by Raymond Brett: Barclay Fox's journal. London: Bell and Hyman. ISBN 0-7135-1865-0.and U.S. edition
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- Fox, Robert Barclay (1979). in ed. by Raymond Brett: Barclay Fox's journal. Totowa, N.J.: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0-8476-6187-3. Barclay Fox was R.W. Fox the Elder's grandson. Pages cited above are from the Introductory essay by R.L. Brett
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Fox, Robert Were |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Robert Were Fox the Elder (His son bore the same name) |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Businessman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 5, 1754 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fowey, Cornwall, U.K. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1818 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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