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Caroline Fox, 1st Baroness Holland

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43: 272:, married and went to live in Ireland in 1747. In 1750 and 1751, the Lennox sisters' parents died in quick succession, leaving three younger daughters, Louisa, Sarah, and Cecilia, aged eight, six, and one. The 2nd Duke of Richmond, in his will, remembered Lady Caroline's reckless elopement, passed over her and instructed that his three youngest daughters be entrusted to the care of their sister Emily and her husband, 500: 333:
Lady Caroline was already plagued by a mysterious and painful illness when her husband, who had suffered a stroke, died on 1 July 1774. She followed him 23 days later and is buried at All Saints,
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Caroline's two spoilt sons, especially the elder one Stephen, caused her much embarrassment and distress by gambling and falling into debt.
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dated 29 November 1742 which notes that Lady Caroline Lenox wore the finest clothes of "gold and colours on white, embroidered by
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She was present at the celebrations for the Prince of Wales's birthday as there is a reference to her outfit in a letter by
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soon afterwards, provoked a quarrel between the sisters that was not healed until shortly before Lady Caroline's death.
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Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox, 1740–1832.
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The Kildares' allegations that the Foxes were responsible for
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Hereditary peeresses of Great Britain created by George III
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Index

Caroline Fox

Sir Joshua Reynolds
Richmond House
London
Holland House, London
Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland of Foxley
Stephen Fox, 2nd Baron Holland
Hon. Charles James Fox
Gen. Hon. Henry Edward Fox
Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond
Sarah Cadogan
Lennox sisters
Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond
Sarah Cadogan
Charles II of England
Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth
eloped
Henry Fox
Whig
politician
Charles James Fox
Henry Edward Fox
Holland House, Kensington
Emily Lennox
James FitzGerald, 20th Earl of Kildare
Mary Pendarves (became Delany)
Mrs Wright
Lady Sarah Lennox
George III

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