Alfred Fox

Alfred Fox, (9 September 1794 20 May 1874)[1] of Falmouth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, was owner and developer of Glendurgan Garden, now a National Trust property, and was a member of the Quaker Fox family of Falmouth.

Business interests

He ran the fishing and pilchard-salting and export part of the diversified Fox family business. He was also involved in the firm’s following activities:

He was Vice Consul of the U.S.A. in Falmouth, 1858–65 and Consul in Falmouth, 1863-74.[5] He acted as Consul in Falmouth for Belgium and Vice-Consul for Russia, Italy, Austria, Denmark, Hanover, Mecklenburgh, the Hanse Towns, Greece, Brazil, the Argentine and Mexico.[6]

Scientific interests

Alfred Fox, his cousin, George Croker Fox (1784–1850) and brother, Robert Were Fox FRS, assembled excellent collections of minerals, which are now in the British Museum (Natural History), given by Arthur Russell.[7]

Glendurgan House

Family

He was the fourth son of Robert Were Fox (1754–1818) and his wife, Elizabeth Tregelles (17681849). He had ten siblings (for more information on Fox Family genealogy see: Fox family of Falmouth).

He married Sarah Lloyd on 16 May 1828 [8] and they had twelve children:

The Book of Mawnan [25] gives more details.

Their first grandson, Samuel Middleton Fox describes his happy childhood, with a multitude of first cousins in his book, Two homes (1925).

Notes and references

  1. Fox Hound database
  2. Falmouth Packet archives
  3. The Times, 28 October 1861; pg. 3; col A: Falmouth Docks share issue.
  4. Company records held by West Glamorgan Record Office
  5. The Political Graveyard: database of the U.S. Foreign service
  6. Dictionary of Quaker Biography.
  7. Mineralogy references: Embery, P.G. and Symes, R.F. (1987) Minerals of Cornwall and Devon, British Museum (Natural History), ISBN Hardback 0-565-01046-8 Paperback 0-565-00989-3.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Book of Mawnan (2004:59)
  9. Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD and marriage
  10. Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD and marriage
  11. Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD
  12. NOT Samuel Fox (1815-1871). Date of birth from Fox Hound database, Date of Death Milligan's Dictionary.
  13. Philip Debell Tuckett: confusingly, his father and grandfather bore the same name as him.
  14. Fox Hound database see also Malchow, H. L. "Fowler, Sir Robert Nicholas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  15. Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD
  16. Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD and marriage
  17. Political Graveyard
  18. Fox Rosehill Gardens (Falmouth)page
  19. Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD
  20. Martin, G. H. "Hodgkin, Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33915. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  21. Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD
  22. Fox Hound database for GHF DoB, DoD RJF death notice The Times, Thursday 17 August 1939; pg. 1; Issue 48386; col B . Glendurgan by Charles Fox, p119 gives dates of Rachel Fox and the names and dates of their children.
  23. Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD and marriage (2)
  24. Fox Hound database for DoB, DoD
  25. Mawnan History Group (2002). The Book of Mawnan: celebrating a South Cornwall parish. Tiverton, Devon: Halsgrove. ISBN 1-84114-148-8.. pp59-65: Life at Glendurgan, Group photograph of Alfred Fox's descendants, extracts from Alfred Fox's diary, Glendurgan staff and gardeners.

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