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The Diary of Sarah Fox Nee Champion: Bristol 1745-1802 (Bristol Record Society's Publications)
The Diary of Sarah Fox Nee Champion Bristol 17451802 - Bristol Record Society's Publications Author:Sarah Fox Sarah Champion Fox (1745-1811), lived for most of her life in Bristol. She is best known as the sister of Richard Champion, a porcelain manufacturer and partner with the pioneering chemist William Cookworthy and political agent for the then Whig politician Edmund Burke. — Sarah Champion was part of her brother’s social circle an... more »d had a considerable one of her own. She knew a number of the movers and shakers of the late eighteenth century including the evangelist John Wesley, the writer Hannah More and the anti-slavery campaigner Thomas Clarkson. « less