Family and Education
b. 3 Aug. 1791, 1st s. of Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, by Lady Charlotte Gordon, da. of Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon [S]; bro. of Lord John George Gordon Lennox. educ. Westminster until 1809; Trinity, Dublin 1809. m. 10 Apr. 1817, Lady Caroline Paget, da. of Henry William Paget, 1st Mq. of Anglesey, 5s. 5da. suc. fa. as 5th Duke of Richmond 28 Aug. 1819; KG 12 May 1829. Took additional surname of Gordon before Lennox when; suc. to estates of his maternal uncle, George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon [S], 9 Aug. 1836.
Offices Held
Postmaster-gen. Nov. 1830 – May 1834; PC 22 Nov. 1830.
Ensign, 8 garrison batt. 1809; lt. 13 Drag. 1810; capt. 92 Ft. 1812; capt. 52 Ft. 1813, brevet maj. 1815, lt.-col. 1816; a.d.c. to Wellington in the Peninsula 1810 – 14, to Prince of Orange at Waterloo 1815; capt. commdt. Goodwood vol. horse 1817; col. Suss. militia 1819 – d.; militia a.d.c. to King William IV 1832 – 37, to Queen Victoria 1837 – d.
High steward, Chichester 1819 – d.; vice-adm. Suss. 1831; ld. lt. Suss. 1835 – d.
Parlimentarian
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
LENNOX, Charles (1791-1860)
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Oxford 1644
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