Z. These papers and maps are amongst the earliest published works on the geology of Russia and formed the basis of R. I. Murchison's 'Geology of Russia' (1845). His great nephew Charles Edward Fox-Strangways (1844-1910) was a geologist for the Geological Survey of Great Britain. Family Lord Ilchester married Sophia Penelope Sheffield, daughter of Sir Robert Sheffield, 4th Baronet, in 1857. They had no children. He died in January 1865, aged 69, and was succeeded by his nephew Henry Edward Fox-Strangways. Between 1828 and 1834 Fox-Strangways donated 37 early Italian paintings to Christ Church. There they are still shown at the Christ Church Picture Gallery. "He also left a further 41 paintings to the Ashmolean, including Paolo Ucello's The Hunt. Arms The arms of the head of the Fox-Strangways family are blazoned Quarterly of four: 1st & 4th: Sable, two lions passant paly of six argent and gules (Strangways); 2nd & 3rd: Ermine, on a chevron azure three foxes' heads and necks erased or on a canton of the second a fleur-de-lys of the third (Fox). References 1795 births 1865 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford British diplomats Earls of Ilchester Whig (British political party) politicians Fellows of the Royal Society William