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    Elizabeth Vassall Fox, Baroness Holland (1771 – London, November 1845) was an English political hostess and the wife of Whig politician Henry Vassall-Fox...
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    Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland of Holland, and 3rd Baron Holland of Foxley PC (21 November 1773 – 22 October 1840), was an English politician...
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  • John Vassall's spying Elizabeth Vassall, later Baroness Holland John Vassall, British civil servant who spied for the Soviet Union John Vassall Jr. (1738-1797)...
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    William John Christopher Vassall (20 September 1924 – 18 November 1996) was a British civil servant who spied for the Soviet Union, allegedly under pressure...
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    Three brothers at Havana, 1762 and The Sovereign Lady: A Life of Elizabeth Vassall, Third Lady Holland, with Her Family. She was appointed Officer, Order...
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  • wealth,” John Vassall (1548–1625) fitted out and commanded two ships against the Spanish Armada, assistance rewarded by Queen Elizabeth I with a grant...
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  • Florentius Vassall (1689–1778) was a wealthy planter and slave-owner in Jamaica. The Jamaican quit rent books for 1754 show that he owned 2,700 acres...
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  • politician. Fox was born at Brompton, the illegitimate son of Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland, through a liaison with Lady Webster, whom Lord...
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    not far from the 1759 mansion built for John Vassall II (Elizabeth Vassall's brother) and his wife Elizabeth Oliver (Thomas Oliver's sister). Their estate...
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  • he married Elizabeth Vassall, who was from another family of West Indies plantation owners that had settled in Massachusetts. The Vassalls were also connected...
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