Charles Fox (1660–1713) Charles Fox (1660–1713) Charles Fox (2 January 1660 – 21 September 1713) was an English politician. Fox was born at Brussels as the third son of Sir Stephen Fox just before the Restoration, named after Charles II who acted as his godfather, and naturalized in 1670. Both his elder brothers were then dead, and in 1676 he was sent on a tour of the Continent under the charge of Dr. Younger, later Dean of Salisbury. On his return he was married in 1679 to Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Trollope, 2nd Baronet; they had no children. The Water
Restoration (1660) II's dominions. It had, according to the eighteenth-century historian Robert Beverley, Jr., been "the last of all the King's Dominions that submitted to the Usurpation". Virginia had provided sanctuary for Cavaliers fleeing the English republic. Sir William Berkeley, who had previously been governor up until 1652, was elected governor in 1660 by the House of Burgesses and he promptly declared for the King. The Anglican Church was restored as the established church. In 1663 the Province of Carolina was formed as a reward given to some supporters of the Restoration. The province was named after the King's father, Charles I.