Claim: Fox first served as the government Leader of the House of Commons in 1782, and remained in opposition after 1794.
Evidence: Foxite was a late 18th-century British political label for Whig followers of Charles James Fox. He first served as the government Leader of the House of Commons in 1782. Fox and his supporters remained in opposition after 1794, until the formation of the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806.