Little is known about his early life, but he was raised as a Roman Catholic and graduated with a BA from St John's College, Oxford.
J. N. Hinteröcker SJ (c. 1820–1872),[5] and succeeded Benjamin Hoare as editor of The Irish Harp and Farmers' Herald in January 1870.
[9] He retired as editor around August 1875[10] to focus on an agency he was running at 71 King William Street, Adelaide.
[12] Fox purchased the Northern Argus in Narrabri, New South Wales, where he served as both proprietor and editor.
Sir Frank Fox (born 10 August 1874), an author and editor of The Lone Hand magazine (among other works), was his son.