George Fox (1759-1828)

He was a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania which he represented in the House of Assembly. He was a member of the Philosophical Society (and at one time owner of the largest part of the Franklin Papers) and a director of the Bank of the United States. He inherited "Champlost" after the death of his elder brother in 1784. Townsend Ward wrote: "On his travels abroad he (George Fox) was a long time in France, and there, in 1780, at the dinner-table at the chateau of the Count of Champlost, was seized with illness. He was removed at once to Paris, and after a time, died, as was supposed, and was consigned to the care of the Capuchins to be buried. A little warmth in his hands being perceptible, led to the application of restoratives by which he was revived. On his return he gave to this beautiful seat the name of the French place he had cause to remember so well." He married twice and was the father of five children to whom "Champost" passed, and his youngest daughter was the last Fox to live there.