Henry Richard Fox Vassall-Holland

Henry Richard Fox Vassall-Holland (1773-1840), also Baron Holland, was an English statesman, born in Wilts. He succeeded to the title in 1774. He entered on a public career as a Whig under the patronage of his uncle Charles James Fox. He held office under Grenville, Grey, and Melbourne. He was imbued with a fine humanitarian spirit, and fought ably against the slave-trade and the corn-laws. His cultured literary taste is revealed in his writings, which embrace Spanish translations, lives of Guillen de Castro and Lope de Vega, Memoirs, &c.

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