Fox, CHARLES

JAMES. 1749-1806. British statesman and orator; M. P. from 1768; Lord of the Treasury 1773-74; Sec. for Foreign Affairs 1782; Sec. of State 1783. He opposed the foreign policy of Pitt, seconded the efforts of Wilberforce to abolish the slave-trade, aided in the prosecution of Warren Hastings, defended the cause of the American Colonies, and Foxglove. much cultivated as a garden plant. The drug digitalis is derived from its leaves. Other species are known. IMG:content-0149.jpg:[blocks in formation]