caption death_date death_place children birth_place title parents birth_date spouse image article_title name
lady 1757-58 . fox as painted by sir joshua reynolds , 24 july 1774 holland house , kensington , london stephen james fox general the hon. henry edward fox fox , 2nd baron holland the hon. charles richmond house , whitehall , london baroness foxley holland , of holland lady holland , of charles lennox , 2nd duke of richmond sarah cadogan 27 march 1723 henry fox , 1st baron holland of foxley caroline lady holland 1757 58.jpg caroline fox , 1st baroness holland
 caroline fox
caroline fox , 1st baroness holland

`` for the cornish diarist , see caroline fox . ''
georgiana carolina fox , 1st baroness holland , of holland -lrb- 27 march 1723 -- 24 july 1774 -rrb- , known as lady caroline lennox before 1744 and as lady caroline fox from 1744 to 1762 , was the eldest of the lennox sisters , immortalised in stella tillyard 's book `` aristocrats '' , and the television series based on it .
the lennox sisters were daughters of charles lennox , 2nd duke of richmond , who was the grandson of charles ii of england through the king 's relationship with louise de kérouaille , duchess of portsmouth .
in 1744 , lady caroline eloped with henry fox , a politician who was eighteen years her senior .
though her parents disapproved of the marriage , it proved a very happy one .
the couple had four sons , including the great whig politician , charles james fox and the general henry edward fox .
their home , holland house , kensington , was a social and political gathering place .
lady caroline 's favorite sister , emily lennox , 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 .
in his will , the 2nd duke of richmond , remembering 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 , james fitzgerald , 20th earl of kildare .
lady caroline resented this slight but hoped to redeem herself by presenting her younger sisters at court and helping them make good matches .
the kildares ' allegations that the foxes were responsible for lady sarah lennox 's embarrassing rejection by the young king george iii , as well as her disastrous marriage to sir charles bunbury soon afterwards , provoked a quarrel between the sisters that was not healed until shortly before lady caroline 's death .
on 3 may 1762 , caroline was created baroness holland of holland in the peerage of great britain .
her husband was created baron holland of foxley less than a year later , on 17 april 1763 .
caroline 's spoiled sons , especially stephen , the eldest , caused her much embarrassment and distress by gambling and falling into debt .
she was already suffering from a mysterious and painful illness when her husband , who had suffered a stroke , died .
she followed within a short time .
