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Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond and Lennox KG, GCVO (27 December 1845 – 18 January 1928), styled Lord Settrington until 1860 and Earl of March between 1860 and 1903, was a British politician and peer.
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Background and education
Styled Lord Settrington from birth, he was born at Portland Place, London, the eldest son of Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond and Frances Harriett, daughter of Algernon Frederick Greville. He was educated at Eton between 1859 and 1863. In 1860 he became known as the Earl of March after his father succeeded in the dukedom.[1]
Career
Lord March joined the Grenadier Guards two years later, although he retired in 1869 after he was elected Member of Parliament for West Sussex. He represented that constituency until it was abolished for the 1885 general election, when he was returned to the House of Commons for the Chichester constituency. He held his seat until 1889. Around this time, he entered his position as an Ecclesiastical Commissioner, in which he served until 1903. He and his brother, Lord Algernon Gordon-Lennox, served in the South African War.
On 27 September 1903, Gordon-Lennox succeeded his father as 7th Duke of Richmond and Lennox and 2nd Duke of Gordon (2nd creation). In 1904, King Edward VII made him a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order and a Knight of the Order of the Garter. He also served as Lord Lieutenant in a few counties. After his death, he was buried in Chichester Cathedral.
Family
Richmond married firstly Amy Mary, daughter of Percy Ricardo of Bramley Park at Guildford in Surrey, and sister of Col. Francis Ricardo of Cookham in Berkshire. They had three sons and two daughters. After her death in August 1879, aged 30, he married secondly Isabel Sophie, daughter of William George Craven, in 1882. They had two daughters. Isabel died in November 1887, aged 24. Richmond remained a widower until his death in January 1928, aged 82. He was succeeded in the dukedom by his eldest son, Charles. Richmond's second son Lord Esmé Gordon-Lennox was a Brigadier-General in the British Army while his third and youngest son Lord Bernard Gordon-Lennox was a Major in the Army.[1]
References
External links
- Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond at Genealogics
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by The Earl of March
Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by
Hon. Henry Wyndham
Sir Walter Barttelot, BtMember of Parliament for West Sussex
1869 – 1885
With: Sir Walter Barttelot, BtConstituency divided Preceded by
Lord Henry Lennox
John Abel SmithMember of Parliament for Chichester
1885 – 1889Succeeded by
Lord Walter Gordon-LennoxHonorary titles Preceded by
The Duke of RichmondLord Lieutenant of Banffshire
1903–1928Succeeded by
Sir John Findlay, BtPreceded by
The Duke of FifeLord Lieutenant of Elginshire
1903–1928Succeeded by
The Duke of RichmondPeerage of England Preceded by
Charles Gordon-LennoxDuke of Richmond
3rd creation
1903 – 1928Succeeded by
Charles Gordon-LennoxPeerage of Scotland Preceded by
Charles Gordon-LennoxDuke of Lennox
2nd creation
1903 – 1928Succeeded by
Charles Gordon-LennoxPeerage of the United Kingdom Preceded by
Charles Gordon-LennoxDuke of Gordon
2nd creation
1903 – 1928Succeeded by
Charles Gordon-LennoxCategories:- 1845 births
- 1928 deaths
- Dukes of Lennox
- Dukes of Richmond
- Dukes of Gordon
- Earls of March (1675)
- Knights of the Garter
- Old Etonians
- Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for English constituencies
- Grenadier Guards officers
- Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
- UK MPs 1868–1874
- UK MPs 1874–1880
- UK MPs 1880–1885
- UK MPs 1885–1886
- UK MPs 1886–1892
- Lord-Lieutenants of Banffshire
- Lord-Lieutenants of Elginshire
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
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