Family and Education
b. 9 Sept. 1764, o.s. of Gen. Lord George Henry Lennox by Lady Louisa Kerr, da. of William Henry Kerr, 4th Mq. of Lothian [S]. educ. privately by Mr Kempson. m. 9 Sept. 1789, Lady Charlotte Gordon, da. and event. h. of Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon [S], 7s. 7da. suc. fa. 1805; uncle as 4th Duke of Richmond 29 Dec. 1806; KG 31 Mar. 1812; confirmed Duke of Aubigny (France) by Louis XVIII 18 Mar. 1818.
Offices Held
Sec. to master gen. of Ordnance 1784 – Jan. 1795; ld. lt. [I] Apr. 1807 – Aug. 1813; PC 1 Apr. 1807; gov.-gen. Canada 1818 – d.
Capt. Suss. militia 1780; entered army 1785, lt. 7 Ft. 1786; capt. 35 Ft. 1787; capt. and lt.-col. 2 Ft. Gds. 1789; lt.-col. 35 Ft. 1789, col. 1793; brevet col. 1795 and a.d.c. to the King; maj.-gen. 1798; col. 35 Ft. 1799 – 1819; lt.-gen. 1805, gen. 1814.
Mayor, Chichester 1802; ld. lt. Suss. 1816 – 19; gov. Hull 1813 – 14, Plymouth 1814–19.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: West Stoke, Suss.
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
LENNOX, Charles (1764-1819)
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Oxford 1644
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