Joseph Pease (1799-1872) – first quaker to sit in the Houses of Parliament
Joseph Pease m. Emma Gurney (1800-1860) Lloyd H Fox was the grand nephew of Joseph Pease Griselda Bigland was the 2nd cousin 3x removed of Emma Gurney source: wikipedia Joseph Pease (22 June 1799 – 8 February 1872) was a proponent and supporter of the earliest public railway system in the world and was the first Quaker permitted […]
Stanhope Castle, Durham – a Pease home
Stanhope castle was, for a time, the home of Henry Pease, has been a school and is now apartments. source: Henry Pease : a short story of his lifeIn his marriage he took as his summer residence Stanhope Castle in Weardale. It had been uninhabited for many years, and the plantations had remained uncared for, while […]
Edward Pease (1767-1858 ) – father of the railways
Edward Pease m. Rachel Whitwell (1774-1833) Lloyd H Fox was the great grandson of Edward Pease & Rachel Whitwell and also the 1st cousin 4x removed of Rachel Whitwell Source: wikipediaEdward Pease (1767–1858), a woollen manufacturer from Darlington, England, was the main promoter of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, which opened in 1825. He is often referred […]
Thomas IV Fox (1858-1923)
Thomas Fox m. Mary Agnes MoyseyLloyd H Fox was the nephew of Thomas Fox Need details here please … perhaps a summary of p28-29 from “The Foxes of Wellington” by Dorothy Lomas ?
Grindelwald – a Fox introduced downhill skiing
source: Rosemary Greenwood in Alpine Journal 1992-93 In January 1891 my uncle Gerald Fox and his cousin Thomas Fox brought the first skis to Grindelwald from Norway where they had learned to use them. Although not the first skis seen in Switzerland, we believe they were the first in the Bernese Oberland. For some years the […]
Gerald Fox (1865-1947) – Introduced skiing to Grindelwald
Gerald Fox on the downhill skis in 1891 Gerald Fox m1: Florence Mary Fox (1870-1895); m2:Beatrice Ffoulkes Cornish-Bowden (1878- ?) Gerald and Florence were 2nd cousins Lloyd H Fox was the 2nd cousin 1x removed of Gerald Fox and the nephew of Florence Fox Gerald introduced downhill skiing to Grindelwald and played rugby for both Trinity College, Cambridge and Somerset County. […]
Charles Frederick Dillworth Fox (1881-1915) – killed in action at Gallipoli
Lloyd H Fox was the 3rd cousin of Charles Fox Charles was the son of Charles Dillworth Fox and lived at Foxdown farm New Zealand. He was killed in action at Walker’s Ridge on 12th June 1915 and is buried in the Canterbury Cemetery, Gallipoli Source: history.com The Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-16, also known as the Battle of […]
Foxdown Farm, Scargill, New Zealand
Established by Charles Dillworth Fox in 1877 and currently farmed by Andy Fox his great grandson Source: Latitude Magazine June, 2020 North Canterbury’s Andy Fox is farming with the future in mind In the rolling hills of the Hurunui District, Foxdown is a farm where the past and the present are honoured in such a way that […]
Charles Dillworth Fox (1852-1931) – emigrated to New Zealand
Charles m1. Sophie Glaszmann (?-1893); m2. Emma Clara Lean (1860-1935) He was the father of Charles Frederick Dillworth Fox Lloyd H Fox was the 2nd cousin 1x removed of Charles D Fox source: CYCLOPEDIA OF NEW ZEALAND “MR. CHARLES DILLWORTH FOX, the Proprietor of Foxdown Estate, was born in Wellington, Somerset, England, in 1852. He arrived at Lyttelton […]
Wellington Maternity Home
Longforth Road Wellington TA21 8RH 1927-1988 Which Fox established the maternity home? More content needed please