Henry Fox, 4th Baron Holland

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Henry Edward Fox, 4th Baron Holland and 4th Baron Holland of Foxley (7 March 1802–18 December 1859) was briefly a British Whig politician and later an ambassador.

Fox was the eldest legitimate child of the 3rd Baron Holland and his wife, Elizabeth and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He briefly held the seat of Horsham from 1826-27 before joining the Diplomatic Service in 1831, after which he was Secretary to the Legation at Turin from 1832-35, Attaché at St Petersburg, Secretary at the Embassy in Vienna from 1835-38, to the German Confederation in 1838 and to Florence from 1839-46. On 9 May 1833, he had married Lady Mary Coventry (a daughter of the 8th Earl of Coventry); although the marriage produced no children, they did have an adopted daughter, Mary, who married Prince Aloise of Liechtenstein. As Lord Holland died without male issue, his titles became extinct.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by: Robert Hurst and Sir John Aubrey	Member for Horsham with Robert Hurst 1826–1827	Succeeded by: Robert Hurst and Nicholas Ridley-Colborne
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by: Henry Vassall-Fox	Baron Holland 1840–1859	Succeeded by: Extinct
	Baron Holland of Foxley 1840–1859