Howard Fox
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Falmouth, Cornwall
Falmouth is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a total resident population of 21,635.Falmouth is the terminus of the A39, which begins some 200 miles away in Bath, Somerset....
, Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
. He was a member of the influential Fox family of Falmouth
Fox family of Falmouth
The Fox family of Falmouth, Cornwall, UK were very influential in the development of the town of Falmouth in the 19th century and of the Cornish Industrial Revolution...
.
Business interests
The Fox family had built up a diversified set of interests beyond the original shipbrokingShipbroking
Shipbroking is a financial service, which forms part of the global shipping industry. Shipbrokers are specialist intermediaries/negotiators between shipowners and charterers who use ships to transport cargo, or between buyers and sellers of ships.Some brokerage firms have developed into large...
office. Howard Fox led the central board of the Company.
Consular roles
He was ConsulConsul (representative)
The political title Consul is used for the official representatives of the government of one state in the territory of another, normally acting to assist and protect the citizens of the consul's own country, and to facilitate trade and friendship between the peoples of the two countries...
for the United States of America
United States
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in Falmouth from 1874 until 1905, in succession to his father. In April 1870, He was appointed Vice-Consul for the Republic of the Ecuador
Ecuador
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. He was appointed Consul for Sweden and Norway
Union between Sweden and Norway
The Union between Sweden and Norway , officially the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, consisted of present-day Sweden and Norway between 1814 and 1905, when they were united under one monarch in a personal union....
in 1896. He became Consul for Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
in 1909.
Harbour and Dock development
He was also chairman of Falmouth DocksFalmouth Docks
Falmouth Docks are the docks of the town of Falmouth in Cornwall, England, UK.The docks are served by the Falmouth Docks railway station. Policing is by the Falmouth Docks Police.-Further reading:...
Company for 45 years, succeeding his father.
Scientific interests
He had wide general interests in science and supported the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic SocietyRoyal Cornwall Polytechnic Society
The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society is an educational, cultural and scientific charity, based in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The Society exists to promote innovation in the arts and sciences...
and the British Association. At the British Association's Annual Meeting held in Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
in September 1893, he read a paper to the Geology Section "The radiolarian
Radiolarian
Radiolarians are amoeboid protozoa that produce intricate mineral skeletons, typically with a central capsule dividing the cell into inner and outer portions, called endoplasm and ectoplasm. They are found as zooplankton throughout the ocean, and their skeletal remains cover large portions of the...
chert
Chert
Chert is a fine-grained silica-rich microcrystalline, cryptocrystalline or microfibrous sedimentary rock that may contain small fossils. It varies greatly in color , but most often manifests as gray, brown, grayish brown and light green to rusty red; its color is an expression of trace elements...
s of Cornwall". In 1884, he attended the British Association meeting in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Canada.
He was a member of the Geological Society of London
Geological Society of London
The Geological Society of London is a learned society based in the United Kingdom with the aim of "investigating the mineral structure of the Earth"...
. He served as president of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall
Royal Geological Society of Cornwall
The Royal Geological Society of Cornwall is a geological society based in Cornwall in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1814 to promote the study of the geology of Cornwall, and is the second oldest geological society in the world....
in 1893-1894, and in 1897 was awarded the RGSC's prestigious Bolitho Gold Medal.
He was also interested in ornithology
Ornithology
Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and the aesthetic appeal of birds...
, botany
Botany
Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...
and horticulture
Horticulture
Horticulture is the industry and science of plant cultivation including the process of preparing soil for the planting of seeds, tubers, or cuttings. Horticulturists work and conduct research in the disciplines of plant propagation and cultivation, crop production, plant breeding and genetic...
. He was given the exotic garden developed by his Uncle Robert
Robert Were Fox the Younger
Robert Were Fox FRS was a British geologist, natural philosopher and inventor. He is known mainly for his work on the temperature of the earth and his construction of a compass to measure magnetic dip at sea....
, at Rosehill, Falmouth, in 1872.
Philanthropy and Peace activities
Along with many other members of the Fox family, he was a Quaker, and engaged with them in various philanthopic projects. He was a founder of Falmouth County School for Girls.In 1878, he seconded a motion at a public meeting of Falmouth Chamber of Commerce, urging the Government "to maintain in the present crisis [The Russo-Turkish War] the principles of strict neutrality".
Birth, marriage and family
Alfred Fox
Alfred Fox, of Falmouth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, was owner and developer of Glendurgan Garden, now a National Trust property. He was a member of the Quaker Fox family of Falmouth.-Business interests:...
(1794–1874) and his wife, Sarah Lloyd (1804–1890).
He married Olivia Blanche Orme (1844–1930) in 1864. They had four children, two boys and two girls. His son, Charles Masson Fox
Charles Masson Fox
Charles Masson Fox was a Cornish businessman who achieved international prominence in the world of chess problems and a place in the gay history of Edwardian England....
, was a timber merchant and a director of the family Shipping Broking company, G. C. Fox. His son, Howard Orme Fox (17 August 1865 - 7 June 1921) was an Imperial Civil Servant. His daughters, Olivia Lloyd Fox (born 1868) and Stella (Born 1876), gave Rosehill Garden to Falmouth Town Council.
He died 1922-11-15 at Rosehill, Falmouth.
Publications
- Observations in further illustration of the history and statistics of the Pilchard Fishery (1879).
- “The flying squidSquidSquid are cephalopods of the order Teuthida, which comprises around 300 species. Like all other cephalopods, squid have a distinct head, bilateral symmetry, a mantle, and arms. Squid, like cuttlefish, have eight arms arranged in pairs and two, usually longer, tentacles...
or calamar”, Falmouth : Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, 1879
- “Further Killigrew Mss. Relating to the Killigrew Pyramid or Monument at Falmouth and Other Matters” Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall. No.42.
- “Further Notes on the DevonianDevonianThe Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic Era spanning from the end of the Silurian Period, about 416.0 ± 2.8 Mya , to the beginning of the Carboniferous Period, about 359.2 ± 2.5 Mya...
Rocks and Fossils In the Parish of St MinverSt MinverSt Minver is the name of an ecclesiastical parish, a civil parish and a village in north Cornwall, United Kingdom.The civil parish of St Minver is in Bodmin Registration District and is nominally divided into St Minver Highlands and St Minver Lowlands .The combined parish is bounded on the south...
.” Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of CornwallRoyal Geological Society of CornwallThe Royal Geological Society of Cornwall is a geological society based in Cornwall in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1814 to promote the study of the geology of Cornwall, and is the second oldest geological society in the world....
. Vol.13, Part 1, 1905.
- “Notes on some coast-sections at the Lizard : On a radiolarian chart from MullionMullion, CornwallMullion is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated on the Lizard Peninsula approximately five miles south of Helston....
Island” by Howard Fox and J. J. H. TeallJethro TeallSir Jethro Justinian Harris Teall was a British geologist.-Life:He was born to Jethro Teall and Mary Hathaway in Northleach, Gloucestershire. He studied at St John's College, Cambridge. In 1874, he was awarded the Sedgwick Prize for his study of lower-level greensand, a form of sandstone...
. The Quarterly Journal of the Geological SocietyGeological Society of LondonThe Geological Society of London is a learned society based in the United Kingdom with the aim of "investigating the mineral structure of the Earth"...
, Vol.49 (1893) pp. 199 and 211.
- “On a well-marked horizon of radiolarian rocks in the lower Culm MeasuresCulm MeasuresThe Culm Measures are a geological formation of the Carboniferous period that occur in south-west England, principally in Devon and Cornwall. They are so called because of the occasional presence of a soft, sooty coal, which is known in Devon as culm....
of DevonDevonDevon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...
, Cornwall and West SomersetSomersetThe ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
” by George Jennings Hinde and Howard Fox. The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, 1895; v. 51; issue.1-4; p. 609-NP;
- “On Some Nodular Concretions, Resembling Fossil Wood and Fossil Fish : Treworden Wood, Launceston.” Transactions of the Royal Cornwall Geological Society, 1894.
- “On the gneissGneissGneiss is a common and widely distributed type of rock formed by high-grade regional metamorphic processes from pre-existing formations that were originally either igneous or sedimentary rocks.-Etymology:...
ic rocks off the LizardThe LizardThe Lizard is a peninsula in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The most southerly point of the British mainland is near Lizard Point at ....
; with notes on the specimens” by Howard Fox and J. J. H. Teall, The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. Vol.44. 1888 p519-544
- “Supplementary Notes on the Cornish Radiolarian Cherts and Devonian Fossils” Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, Vol.12, Part 4, 1899.
- On a soda felspar rock at Dinas Head, North Coast of Cornwall, Cambridge University Press, 1895.