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Henry Elliott Fox

Henry Elliott Fox
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Short Name: Henry Elliott Fox
Full Name: Fox, Henry Elliott, 1841-1926
Birth Year: 1841
Death Year: 1926

Fox, Henry Elliott, M.A., son of Henry Watson Fox, born at Masulipatam, S. India, on Oct. 21, 1841, and educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge; B.A. (3rd class Cl. Trip.) 1864; M.A. 1869. Ordained in 1869, he was Curate of St. Ebbe, Oxford, 1869-73; Vicar of Christ Ch., Westminster, 1873-82, and of St. Nicholas, Durham, 1882-1895. From 1895 he has been Hon. Sec. of the C.M.S. He is also Commiss. for Uganda (1890), and Mombasa (1900). His deep interest in Foreign Missions is well known. He became a Preb. of St. Paul's in 1901. His hymns in common use include the following:—
1. 0 King of glory, God of grace. [Foreign Missions.] Written in 1899 for the centenary of the C.M.S., and included in the Church Missionary Society Hymn Book of the same year.
2. Send forth the Gospel! Let it run. [Foreign Missions.] Contributed to the C. M. H. Book, 1899, and repeated in Hymns of Consecration and Faith, 1902.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)


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