John Fox-Strangways

The Honourable John George Charles Fox-Strangways (6 February 1803 – 8 September 1859) was a British diplomat, Whig politician and courtier. Early life Fox-Strangways was the posthumous third son of Henry Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester and his second wife Maria Digby, daughter of The Very Reverend William Digby. The 3rd and 4th Earls of Ilchester were respectively his elder half-brother and brother. Political career Fox-Strangways was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Calne in 1836, a seat he held until 1837. He then represented Dorset until 1841. Fox-Strangways was also in the Foreign Office and served as a Gentleman Usher to Queen Adelaide.