The Speeches of the Right Honourable Charles James Fox

This volume is a collection of the speeches of Charles James Fox delivered in the House of Commons, edited by a barrister and published in 1835. The speeches span from 1770 to 1808 and cover major political issues of the era: the liberty of the press, the American war and independence, East India Company governance and the impeachment of Warren Hastings, parliamentary reform, the Test and Corporation Acts, slave trade abolition, the Quebec Bill, Catholic emancipation, wars with France, and economic policy. Notable speeches address Fox's motions regarding removal of the Earl of Sandwich, his East India Bills, the Westminster Scrutiny election dispute, and his amendments on parliamentary reform and sedition acts. The memoir documents Fox's political career from his entry to Parliament in 1769 through his various ministerial appointments and long opposition role.