Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-24
Grave of Beau Hickman Prince of the Idle Recalls Odd

| 1ul piece OF marble, and In very good
condition, and the inscription, which is
still sharp and clear, reads as follows:
Sacred to the memory of
! Henry Stephen Fox,
For several years British envoy
| to the United States.
He was the only son of
| Henry Edward Fox
| and nephew to
Charles James Fox.
! He died on the 18th of october, 1896
at Washington, Aged So"
thirst for further information about
this distinguished man led the writer
to the Congressional Library. where he
found the following account of his death
in the National Intelligencer of October
Is, 1876:
Funeral of the late Henry S. Fox
will take place this morning at IL
o'clock.
The annexed brief biographical
sketch of this distinguished gentleman.
whose fate it was to close his days in
this city. We copy from the Union of
yesterday
born in 1871, and was the son Of Gen.
Henry Edward Fox, third son of Henry
Fox, the first Lord Holland. He was
thus the nephew of the celebrated
Charles James Fox and cousin of the
late amiable and enlightened Lord Hol-
land. We may add. moreover, that
through one OF his female ancestors
ne inherited the blood of merry King
Charles II, and consequently Of
Henry w.
In his younger days Mr.. Fox was
we'll known in the beau monde of Lon
don as one of coterie of elegant, gay
n
among whom were Lord Byron, Lord
Kinnaird and others more of less cele-
brated in their time. whose deeds and
sayings are recorded by Moore in his
life of Byron.
AFTER the general peace Of 1915 he
visited the continent. and by remain
ing too long in Rome he contracted the
malaria fever which brought him to
the verge of the grave and produced
an effect most deleterious upon his con-
stitution. He then entered the diplo-
matte career, in which his advance was
rapid in consequences of his talents as
well as through the influence of his
noble and political connections. He was
the first minister plenipotentiary of
Great Britain to Buenos AyreS. from
which he was transferred in the same
capacity to Rio de Janeiro, and thence
to this Government in 1886. OF the
taleNt QlSpiaVeQ III his correspondence
on many delicate and difficult questions
of international law of his uniform
courtesy, of the amenity of his man.
ners in society. it is unnecessary for
us to speak. They are all attested by
those who have been placed in a stu
alton to observe him.
On the following day the Intelligencer
printed this brief account OF the flu
neral:
The funeral Of the late Mr.. Fox TOOK
place yesterday. all the arrangements
for which having Gin the absence u -Ir.
Pakenham) been directed by Mr.. Cram
ton, secretary of the British legation
The funeral was attended by the PreSi-
dent of the United States. the heads
of departments, the diplomatic corps
and many of our most respectable citi-
Zens.
The religious services were impress
sively performed by the Rev. Mr.. French
OF the Protestant Episcopal Church.
The pallbearers were: The Secre-
tary of State, Maj. Gen. Scott, the Min
lister of Russia, the Minister of France.
Commodore Warrington. the Mayor OF
Washington"
What an unusual place one might
think for even all Ambassador of a for
eign country to be buried, especially
here among SO many patriots against
whom his father fought in the war for
But Britain expects
every man to do his duty. and Gen.
Henry Edward Fox. the father. who
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