The English and Irish surname Fox is of nickname or descriptive origin. The term Fox is derived from the Middle English and Old English word  fox. It may have denoted a cunning individual or been given to someone with red hair or for some other anecdotal reason. When found in Ireland Fox is an anglicized version of the Gaelic surname O’Sionnaigh. The name Fox is also of Germanic origin, found frequently in the United States as an anglicized form of the German name Fuchs meaning Fox. The first recorded reference to the name is in 1273 in the Feet of Fines for Suffolk. Notable bearers of the surname Fox include the 18th Century British politician Charles James Fox. Charles was born in London on January 24th 1749 and died on the 13th od September 1806. Fox rose to prominence in the British parliament as a forceful and eloquent speaker with a notorious and colourful private life, though at that time with rather conservative and conventional opinions. However, with the coming of the war of Independence in America and the influence of the Edmund Burke, Fox's opinions evolved into some of the most radicalto be aired in the parliament of his era.

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