_Mr Fox._ Charles James Fox (1749-1806), third son of the first Baron
Holland; M.P. for Malmesbury and leader of the Opposition in the House
of Commons. Either out of personal regard for Fox or at the request of
Lord North, Tickell does not burlesque Fox’s oratory. It is stated in the
review of _Anticipation_ in _The Town and Country Magazine_ that Fox’s
speech actually “was noticed by that gentleman in the house, who, at the
same time, lamented his incapacity of making so good an harangue upon the
occasion” (XI, 1779, 45). According to a note in Horace Walpole’s copy of
_Anticipation_, “Charles Fox said, ‘he has anticipated many things I have
intended to say, but I shall say them nevertheless.’”