Charles Fox (1660–1713) again under Anne for voting for the Tack. He died at Chiswick in his father’s lifetime on 21 Sept. 1713, considerably indebted, and was buried at Farley. 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
English Revolution English Revolution "English Revolution" has been used to describe two different events in English history. The first to be so called—by Whig historians—was the Glorious Revolution of 1688, whereby James II was replaced by William III and Mary II as monarch and a constitutional monarchy was established. In the twentieth century, however, Marxist historians introduced the use of the term "English Revolution" to describe the period of the English Civil Wars and Commonwealth period (1640–1660), in which Parliament challenged King Charles I's authority, engaged in civil conflict against his forces, and executed him in 1649. This was followed by a