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Fox, Charles James (1749–1806), an English statesman and orator. Although an outstanding leader in the House of Commons, Fox rarely held important cabinet posts, largely because of the personal antagonism of the king.
Shelburne, William Petty, Second Earl of (1737–1805), a British statesman.
Burke, Edmund (1729–1797), a British statesman, writer, and orator. Burke was the leading conservative political philosopher of 18th-century Europe.
North, Frederick, Second Earl of Guilford (1732–1792), a British statesman. North, a Tory, was prime minister, 1770–82, during the period of the American Revolution.
Grenville, George (1712–1770), a British statesman. As prime minister, first lord of the treasury, and chancellor of the exchequer, 1763–65, he grappled with financial troubles.
André, John (1751?-1780), a British army officer who was hanged as a spy during the American Revolution.
Burgoyne, John (1722–1792), a British army officer in the American Revolution. His defeat at Saratoga was the first great American military victory.
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, First Marquis (1738–1805), a British army officer and statesman.
Howe, the name of two brothers who commanded British forces during the American Revolution.
Hood, Samuel, First Viscount Hood (1724–1816), a British naval officer. Hood entered the navy in 1741.
Tarleton, Sir Banastre (1754–1833), a British army officer in the American Revolutionary War.
Carleton, Sir Guy (1724–1808), a British general and governor of Canada. He was born in Ireland and entered the British army at an early age.
Clinton, Sir Henry (1738?–1795), a British general in the American Revolutionary War.
Gage, Thomas (1721–1787), a British army officer. Gage was commander in chief of British forces in North America and governor of Massachusetts at the outbreak of the American Revolution.
Pitt, the family name of two British prime ministers, father and son.
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