Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I whanau a Fox i Derby i Derbyshire i te 1843, tetahi o nga tamariki e ono i whanau ki a Marianne "née" Strutt (1814<unk>1898) me Douglas Fox (1798<unk>1885), he kaiwhakawa me te taote. I whakaakona ia i te Kura o Rossall me te Whare Wananga o Brighton i mua i tana urunga ki te ope taua. I tīmata a Fox i tana mahi hōia i te mahi ki te 100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot mai i te 1863-1875, i whakatairangahia ia ki te Lieutenant i te 1865 me te Kapene i te 1871. I mahi tahi ia me tana ope taua i Malta. Whai muri i tana whakawhiti ki te 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot (the 'Black Watch') i noho ia me tana rerenga i Aldershot i te tau 1881 i mua i tana kitenga i te mahi i te pakanga o Ihipa
i whara ai ia i te Pakanga o Tell El Kebir i te tau 1882. I roto i te peita a Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville "Ko te whakaekenga o Tel el Kebir" (1882) Ka whakaahuatia a Fox ki te taha maui i whara i te pokohiwi ka mau ki tetahi hoia, i te mea i werohia ia ki te huha.