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  Earls and dukes of Richmond - LoveToKnow 1911
From 1414 to 1435 the earldom of Richmond was held by John Plantagenet, duke of Bedford, and in 1453 it was conferred on Edmund Tudor, uterine brother to King Henry VI., whose.
His son Charles, 2nd duke (1701-1750), added to the titles he inherited from his father that of duke of Aubigny in France, to which he succeeded in 1 734 on the death of his grandmother the duchess of Portsmouth; and all these honours are still held by his descendant the present duke of Richmond.
Charles, 3rd duke of Richmond (1735-1806), was one of the most remarkable men of the 18th century, being chiefly famous for his advanced views on the question of parliamentary reform.
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 Lennox - LoveToKnow 1911
LENNOX, a name given to a large district in Dumbartonshire and Stirlingshire, which was erected into an earldom in the latter half of the 12th century.
James, the eldest son and 4th duke of Lennox, was created duke of Richmond in 1641, being like his brother a devoted adherent of Charles I.
The wife of the last, Lady Charlotte Gordon, as heir of her brother brought the ancient estates of her family to the Lennoxes; the additional name of Gordon being taken by the 5th duke of Richmond and of Lennox on the death of his uncle, the 5th duke of Gordon.
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 Royal Family of Europe - pafg141 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Charles LENNOX was born on 9 Sep 1764 in Of, Lennox, Midlothian, Scotland.
Charles GORDON-LENNOX 5th Duke of Richmond was born on 3 Aug 1791.
Sussex LENNOX was born on 11 Jun 1802 in Of, Lennox, Midlothian, Scotland.
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 Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond and Lennox (9 December 1764 – August 28, 1819) was a British soldier and politician and Governor General of British North America.
Lennox was a keen cricketer (a right-hand bat and wicket-keeper) and cricket-lover and member of the Marylebone Cricket Club.
Lennox became an army captain at the age of 23 in 1787.
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 List of the Knights of the Garter
96 (inv 1399) Humphrey (Plantagenet), styled "of Lancaster." Duke of Gloucester.
437 (inv 1638) Charles (Stuart), Duke of Cornwall.
Afterwards Duke of Edinburgh, reigning duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1893.
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 Wikipedia: Duke of Buccleuch
The title of Duke of Buccleuch was created in the Peerage of Scotland on 20 April 1663 for James Crofts, eldest illegitimate son of Charles II of England, who had married Anne Scott, Countess of Buccleuch.
The subsidiary titles associated with the Dukedom of Buccleuch are: Earl of Buccleuch (1619), Earl of Doncaster (1663), Earl of Dalkeith (1663), Lord Scott of Buccleuch (1606), Lord Scott of Whitechester and Eskdale (1619), and Baron Scott of Tyndale (1663).
(All, except for the Earldom of Doncaster and the Barony of Scott of Tyndale, are in the peerage of Scotland.) The courtesy title used by the Duke's eldest son and heir is Earl of Dalkeith.
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 Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Descended from a long line of Northumbrian gentry, Grey was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was elected to parliament at the age of 22 in 1786.
He became a part of the Whig circle of Charles James Fox, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and the Prince of Wales, and soon became one of the major leaders of the Whig party.
Charles Poulett Thomson, the President of the Board of Trade, and James Abercromby, the Master of the Mint, join the Cabinet.
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 duke of buccleuch - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
The title of Duke of Buccleuch (IPA) was created in the Peerage of Scotland on 20 April 1663 for the Duke of Monmouth, eldest illegitimate son of Charles II of England, who had married Anne Scott, 4th Countess of Buccleuch.
The subsidiary titles associated with the Dukedom of Buccleuch are: Earl of Buccleuch (1619), Earl of Dalkeith (1663), Lord Scott of Buccleuch (1606) and Lord Scott of Whitchester and Eskdaill (1619) (all in the Peerage of Scotland).
The courtesy title used by the Duke's eldest son and heir is Earl of Dalkeith; and the one of Lord Dalkeith's eldest son and heir is Lord Eskdaill.
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 Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox (3 August 1791 – 21 October 1860) was an English politician and a prominent Conservative.
The son of Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond and Lady Charlotte Gordon, he was styled Earl of March until he succeeded his father in 1819.
In 1836, on inheriting the estates of his maternal uncle, the fifth and last Duke of Gordon, he assumed the name of Gordon before that of Lennox.
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 Charles II of England Summary
Charles, the eldest surviving son of Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France, was born in St.
At the Hague, Charles II had an affair with Lucy Walter (who, some alleged, secretly married him); their son, James Crofts (afterwards Duke of Monmouth and Duke of Buccleuch), was to become the most prominent of Charles's many illegitimate sons in English political life.
Charles II's eldest son, the Duke of Monmouth, led a rebellion against James II, but was defeated at the battle of Sedgemoor on 6 July 1685, captured, and executed.
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 Charles II of England   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Charles, the eldest surviving son of Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France, was born in St.
At the Hague, Charles II had an affair with Lucy Walter (who, some alleged, secretly married him); their son, James Crofts (afterwards Duke of Monmouth and Duke of Buccleuch), was to become the most prominent of Charles\'s many illegitimate sons in English political life.
Charles II\'s eldest son, the Duke of Monmouth, led a rebellion against James II, but was defeated at the battle of Sedgemoor on 6 July 1685, captured, and executed.
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 The 6th Duke of Richmond and Gordon
Charles Henry Gordon Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond and 1st Duke of Gordon (of the Second Creation) was born at Richmond House in Whitehall on February 27th, 1818.
He was the eldest son of the 5th Duke of Richmond and his wife, Lady Caroline Paget (the daughter of the 1st Marquess of Angelsey, the Duke of Wellington's second-in-command at Waterloo).
The Duke was a noted benefactor to Gordon Chapel (particularly significant was his involvement in the renovations in the early 1870s) as well as to the villages of Fochabers and Port Gordon.
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 Earl of March@Everything2.com
The 5th Earl died childless and was the last of the male descendants of the 1st Mortimer Earl and so his estates and titles thus passed to his sister Anne Mortimer.
A few years later on the 9th August 1675 king Charles II granted the titles of Duke of Richmond, Earl of March and Baron Setrington to his illegitimate son known as Charles Lennox, whose mother was Louise de Kéroualle.
Charles Lennox was subsequently created the Duke of Lennox on the 9th September 1675 and his successors later obtained a third dukedom in the form of the title Duke of Gordon.
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 Sewell or Sewall of Coventry - Person Page 96
George Gordon 5th Duke of Gordon, 8th Marquess, 2nd Earl of Norwich married Elizabeth Brodie, daughter of Alexander Brodie of Arnhall, on 11 December 1813.
George Gordon 5th Duke of Gordon, 8th Marquess, 2nd Earl of Norwich died on 28 May 1836 in Belgrave Square, London, at the age of 66 upon his death the Dukedom and the Earldom became extinct but the Marquessate passed to his kinsman, George, 5th Earl of Aboyne.
She was the daughter of George Gordon 5th Duke of Gordon, 8th Marquess, 2nd Earl of Norwich and Jane Graham.
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 Scots Members of the French Nobility
The duke argued that the clause of the treaty of 1814 created an exception to that law in his favor, and that the courts were incompetent to interpret or alter an international treaty.
It appears that the dukes of Hamilton made their claim to the title of duke of Châtellerault as of the early 19th c., although they were neither heirs general nor heirs male.
Moreover, the Conseil d'État accepted the argument that the title was not recreated in abstracto in the Hamilton family, and it cannot be argued that the 1864 decree implied remainders to the heirs of the 1st duke of Hamilton or to the heirs of the 2nd earl of Arran.
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 Stall-Plates of the Knights of the Garter
1829 (665) Charles (Lennox, afterwards Gordon-Lennox), 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox.
1399 (96) Humphrey (Plantagenet), styled "of Lancaster." Duke of Gloucester.
Daughter of Philip (the Bold), Duke of Burgundy, K.G. Married William of Bavaria, Duke of Holland and Count of Ostrevant, K.G. 1408 Blanch, Duchess of Bavaria.
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 LENNOX - Online Information article about LENNOX
The Lennox dukedom, being to heirs male, now devolved upon Charles II., who bestowed it with the titles of earl of Darnley and Lord Tarbolton upon one of his bastards, Charles Lennox, son of the celebrated duchess of See also:
Portsmouth, he having previously been created duke of Richmond, earl of March and Lord Settrington in the peerage of England.
family to the Lennoxes; the additional name of Gordon being taken by the 5th duke of Richmond and of Lennox on the death of his uncle, the 5th duke of Gordon.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /LAP_LEO/LENNOX.html   (1360 words)

  
 Earls and Dukes of Richmond
From 1414 to 1435 the earldom was held by John Plantagenet, duke of Bedford and in 1452 was conferred on Edmund Tudor, brother to King Henry VI.
Charles, 3rd duke of Richmond and 6th duke of Lennox married a celebrated beauty "La Belle Stuart" from the court of Charles II.
The 5th duke (1791 to 1860) fought with Wellington at Waterloo.
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 A Peeress in Her Own Right
Thus when the 5th Duke died in 1963, his niece inherited the Scottish peerage and titles (and all of his land), while the peerage of Great Britain (the dukedom) went to the heir male (and very little else).
In 1762 Lady Caroline Fox (daughter of 2nd Duke of Richmond and mother of Charles James Fox) was granted an hereditary peerage as Baroness Holland (county Lincoln), while her husband was created Baron Holland of Foxley (county Wiltshire) over a year later.
The first Duke of Richmond's mother was Louise de Keroualle, who was sent by Louis XIV to the English court to negotiate a peace treaty (she was attending Louis XIV's sister-in-law, who was also Charles II's favorite sister).
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 A Peeress in Her Own Right
In 1762 Lady Caroline Fox (daughter of 2nd Duke of Richmond and mother of Charles James Fox) was granted an hereditary peerage as Baroness Holland (county Lincoln), while her husband was created Baron Holland of Foxley (county Wiltshire) over a year later.
This was the case with the Duchess of Portsmouth and the Duchess of Cleveland, both mistresses of Charles II whose sons were created dukes (of Richmond and Grafton, respectively).
The first Duke of Richmond's mother was Louise de Keroualle, who was sent by Louis XIV to the English court to negotiate a peace treaty (she was attending Louis XIV's sister-in-law, who was also Charles II's favorite sister).
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 Leader of the House of Lords   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, initiated aspects of the role during the Whig Junta under Queen Anne.
Sunderland and the other Whigs were dismissed from office in reaction to their co-ordination of government matters, which was taken as a threat to the power of the monarch.
Francis Godolphin Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds 1789-1790
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 Lord President of the Council
In recent years, the Lord President has also served as Leader of the House of Commons, though the current Lord President also serves as Leader of the House of Lords[?].
Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry[?] 1846
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond and Lennox[?] 1874-1880
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 Sam Sloan's Big Combined Family Trees - pafg841 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Charles GORDON-LENNOX 5th Duke of Richmond [Parents] was born on 3 Aug 1791 in Richmond House, London, Middlesex, England.
Charles Henry GORDON-LENNOX was born on 27 Feb 1818 in England>.
Alexander Francis Charles GORDON-LENNOX was born on 14 Jun 1825 in <, Boxgrove, Sussex, England>.
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 Georgian Index - Horse Races and courses
Sir Charles Bunbury (1740-1821), 6th Baronet of Barton, and Edward Smith Stanley (1752-1834), the Twelfth Earl of Derby, had the idea of a single race over a mile and a half for three-year-old fillies.
The Duke of Portland and Lord Lowther greatly improved Newmarket during the Regency period by eliminating old road tracks, using grazing sheep and burning to improve the smoothness of the turf, and manuring to produce a lush cover.
The print portrays: Prince of Wales (at Center), Duke of York, Duke of Bedford, Duke of Bolton, Duke of Devonshire, Duke of Grafton, Duke of Norfolk, Duke of Queensbury, and Duke of St. Albans; Lord Barrymore, Lord Clermont, Lord Egremont, Lord Foley, Lord Grosvenor, and Lord Ossory; Sir Charles Bunbury, Sir John Lade, Mr.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 10237
     Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond was born on 18 May 1701 at Goodwood, Sussex, England.
He was the son of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and Anne Brudenell.
She was the daughter of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and Anne Brudenell.
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 All Things British: Miscellaneous - The Sugar Quill
Charles is descended from Margaret, also a daughter of Henry VII and sister of Henry VIII.
This son was another Charles Lennox (1701-1750), the 2nd Duke of Richmond, and he married Lady Sarah Cadogan (1706—1751).
James VI was the father of Charles I, hence grandfather of Charles II and James VII and great-grandfather of Mary II, William III and Queen Anne.
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 York Richard Duke Of: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
The Duke of Wellington and the British Army of Occupation in France, 1815-1818
The Duke of Clarence and the Earls of March: Garter Knights and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Kings younger sons did not become dukes until the reign of their nephew Richard II in 1385: Edmund of Langley (1342-1402) became Duke of York and Thomas of Woodstock (1355-97) Duke of Gloucester.
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 Encyclopedia: British and Irish History: Biographies — FactMonster.com
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, 3d duke of
Richmond and Lennox, Frances Teresa Stuart, duchess of
Stuart, Ludovick, 2d duke of Lennox and duke of Richmond
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 The British Peerage in 1818
Duke of Roxburghe¡¯s death on 23.10.1805, the title was given to Sir James Innes (10.01.1736-19.07.1823), the great-grandson of a grand-daughter of the 1
Duke of Richmond and Lennox (1672-1723), was the youngest illegitimate son of King Charles II of Great Britain.
Duke of Grafton (1663-1690) was the eldest illegitimate son of King Charles II of Great Britain.
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