monarch death_date birth_date term_end death_place imagesize profession order term_start spouse image name caption predecessor party successor religion primeminister article_title
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henry fox , 1st baron holland

henry fox , 1st baron holland , of foxley , mp , pc -lrb- 28 september 1705 -- 1 july 1774 in holland house -rrb- was a leading british politician of the 18th century .
he identified primarily with the whig faction .
he notably held the posts of secretary for war , southern secretary and paymaster of the forces , from which he enriched himself , but while widely tipped as a future prime minister , he never held that office .
he was the father of charles james fox .
