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| first Earl OF Leicester, and his second
son, Henry Fox, known in English history
as the elder Fox. became the first LORD
Holland. The present Lord Leicester, on
| the death Of the late Lady Holland. wild
ow Of the last Lord Holland, inherited
J Holland House. which was the rallying
, point OF everything that was brilliant
witty and illdstfious during the earlier
portion of the last century.
The name of Strangways borne by the
present Lord Stavordale and by his faith
er In addition to the patronymic OF Fox
IS due to the fact that the first Lord
Leicester married Elizabeth Strangways.
one OF the greatest heiresses OF her day,
! and believe the last surviving member
Of the ancient family OF Strangways, OF
Dorsetashire. 1T was she who brought tho
magnificent country seat and dotndin
known as Melbury Park into the family
Of Lord leicester place which had been
IN the Strang ways family's possession for
hundreds OF years, Built In the fifteenth
century, the house was much enlarged
during the reign OF King Henry VIII by
Sir Gildes Strangways, while the east
front was added during the reign of Queen
Ann. The principal drawing room and
library were added during the last CEN
fury. The park, which Is magnihcentIy
wooded, contains a picturesque sycamore
avente which Is unique, The park, by
the by, comprises some OF the largest and
grandest old oaks IN Egiand.
As for Holland House in London, OF
which Lord Stavordaes future wife will
be the chatelalne-he is as yet unmarried
and fancy free-it is a very largo struc-
ture, built in the Elizabethan style, sur
rounded by a very large park. II lies In
the center of Kensington. Busy LONDON
has now crept UP to II and surrounded
its extensive park, which may be said 70
be an oasis in the midst OF a desert OF
brick and mortar In 17i6 Holland House
was the home OF Addison, who married
the Countess of Warwick. Before Add
son married he had a pretty little house
of his own, which Charles II had lifted
Zip for Nell Gwyn. At one time Holland
House was occupied by William Penn, and
after being rented and owned by a num-
Der OF celebrated personages. II was event
ualy purchased by Henry Fox in H4s.
Henry Fox was the younger son OF Sir
Stephen Fox. the founder OF the Fox FAM
ily who had commenced life as poor
choir boy but who had the good luck to
hear OF the death Of oliver Cromwell be-
fore anybody else while with his patron,
Lord Percy, I'm France, and was the first
to inform King Charles III of the news.
This won for him the good will OF the
merry monarch, who gradually promoted
him until he became a knight, a member
OF the privy council, a lord OF the treas
ury, and paymaster general OF the army.
His younger son--that is 40 say, the
first Lord Holland-made a runaway mar
riage with Lady Caroline Lennox. gran
daughter OF King Charles II and Of the
latter's French favorlte. Louis deQuer-
ouallles
1t was a younger sister OF this Lady
Caroline Fox, namely Lady Sarah Len
nox, with whom King George III fell 50
deeply In love, counting her while she
used to be hayng in Holland Park. There
are many historians who insist that King
George secretly married Lady Sarah. But
King Georges mother. the Princess OF
Wales. and her favorlte. the prime min
lster, Lord Butte, determined TO break Off
the match, and eventually married King
George 10 the homely Princess Charlotte
OF Mecklenberg.
The FIRST Lord Holland died in l774, leav-
ing three sons The eldest. Stephen, died
six months later, leaving an infant son 10
become the third Lord Holland. to whom
Holland House owed Us chief celebrity.
The second son OF the first Lord Holland
was Charles Janies Fox. che contempo-
rary OF Burke and Pitt. and described by
many historians as the greatest Of British
statesmen. Holland House Is fun OF me-
MORALS OF them
The present Mistress OF Holland House
n a very handsome woman, only dauFh-
ter Of the first Earl Of DRrtrey. Volumes
could be- written about Holland House
where the historian Macaulay and 20
many Of his most brilliant contemporaries
we're accustomed 10 make their headQuar-
tsrs when Ia London.