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  RICHMOND (AUSTRALIA) - LoveToKnow Article on RICHMOND (AUSTRALIA)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Charles, 3rd duke of Richmond (1733-1806), was one of the most remarkable men of the i8th century, being chiefly famous for his advanced views on the question of parliamentary reform.
The 4th duke (1764-1819) and his wife Charlotte, daughter of the 4th duke of Gordon, were the givers of the famous ball at Brussels on the night before the battle of Quatre Bras, immortalized in Byron's Childe Harold.
Richmond was incorporated as a Village in 1818 and chartered as a borough in 1834 and as a city in 1840.
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 Duke of Richmond - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Dukedom was first created (as Duke of Richmond and Somerset) for the illegitimate son of King Henry VIII, Henry Fitzroy, upon whose death it became extinct.
The next creation was for the second Duke of Lennox in 1623; it became extinct upon his death.
The Dukes of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon are normally styled Duke of Richmond and Gordon.
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 LENNOX - LoveToKnow Article on LENNOX
The old earl of Lennox, now grandfather of his sovereign, obtained the regency in 1570, but in the next year was killedin the attack made on the parliament at Stirling, being the third earl in succession to meet with a violent death.
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 taker by the 5th duke of Richmond and of Lennox on the death of his uncle, the 5th duke of Gordon.
In the next generation furthei honors were granted to the family in the person of the ott duke, who was rewarded for his great public services with th titles of duke of Gordon and earl of Kinrara in the peeragi of the United Kingdom (1876).
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 EARLS AND DUKES OF RICHMOND - LoveToKnow Article on EARLS AND DUKES OF RICHMOND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
As he left no sons the honor of Richmond and his other English possessions passed to the king in 1171, though Constance is also loosely spoken of as countess of Richmond in her own right.
Ludovic Stuart, 2nd duke of Lennox (1574-1624), who also held other titles in the peerage of Scotland, was created earl of Richmond in 1613 and duke of Richmond in 1623.
His son Charles, 2nd duke (1701-1750), addec~to the titles he inherited from his father that of duke of Aubigny in France, to which he succeeded in 1734 on the death of his grandmother the duchess of Portsmouth; and all these honors are stifi held by his descendant the present duke of Richmond.
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 HEREDITARY PEERAGES IN THE PEERAGE OF SCOTLAND BELOW THE RANK OF A MARQUESS
62 Earldom of Darnley 9 September 1675(The Earldom belongs to the Dukedom of Lennox and is held by the Duke of Richmond and Lennox).
112 Lordship of Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet 10 September 1660(The Lordship belongs to the Earldom of Aboyne and is held by the Marquess of Huntly).
118 Lordship of Methuen of Torboultoun 9 September 1675(The Lordship belongs to the Dukedom of Lennox and is held by the Duke of Richmond and Lennox).
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 BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Likewise, The Duke of Gloucester, The Duke of Kent, Princess Alexandra, the Hon.
The wives of royal peers are known as "HRH The Duchess of..." or " HRH The Countess of..." Thus, the wives of the Duke of Kent, the Duke of Gloucester, and the Earl of Wessex are "HRH The Duchess of Kent," "HRH The Duchess of Gloucester," and "HRH The Countess of Wessex," respectively.
Thus, the sons of The Prince of Wales are Prince_William_of_Wales and Prince Henry of Wales; the daughters of the Duke of York are Princess_Beatrice_of_York and Princess_Eugenie_of_York; the daughter of the Earl of Wessex is Princess Louise of Wessex.
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 Clan Campbell Society (NA) - Campbell Chiefs
The Duke and Duchess of Argyll at Inveraray Castle
The 13th Duke of Argyll is the son of Sir Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll and Iona Mary Colquhoun, the daughter of Sir Ivar Iain Colquhoun of Luss 8th BT, Chief of Clan Colquhoun.
The Duke of Hamilton (1644) and Brandon (1711): The Chief of Clan Hamilton
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 Historic Earls and Earldoms of Scotland - Chapter III - Earldom and Earls of Huntly - Section XIX
After the death of the last Duke of Gordon (of the male line), his widow, the Duchess of Gordon, returned to Huntly Lodge, the residence associated with the early period of her married life.
The fifth Duke of Richmond died in 1860, and was succeeded by his son, Charles Henry Gordon Lennox, Duke of Lennox, Earl of Darnley, Baron of Torbelton, Duke of Richmond and Gordon, andc.
On the death of the fifth Duke of Gordon, the fifth Earl of Aboyne became Marquis of Huntly.
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 Clan Gordon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Duke of Gordon, who was the chief of the clan, was usually styled "The Cock of the North".
His son, Sir John Gordon, was butchered by a bungling executioner at the Cross of Aberdeen, while Mary was compelled by her brother to look on at the horrid end of the man whom, it is said, she had once dearly loved.
A strange contrast to Duke Alexander was his third brother, that Lord George Gordon who, beginning life in the Navy, and afterwards entering Parliament, acquired notoriety as an agitator and leader of the No-Popery Riots of 1780, afterwards becoming a Jew, and dying at last in Newgate Gaol.
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 - Port Gordon -- Book Text -
The yawl, together with three boats, were the property of the Duke of Gordon; three boats were the property of Mr Dunbar of Nether Buckie and the remaining eight boats were the property of Mr Gordon of Cluny, the Laird of Easter Buckie.
The Duke of Gordon himself was in his mid-fifties by the time he established the village which was to bear his name.
The 6th Duke of Richmond and 1st of Gordon died at Gordon Castle on Sunday, September 27th, 1903, at the age of eighty-five.
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 Duke of Richmond and Lennox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Since 1623 the same person has usually held the dukedoms of Richmond and of Lennox.
Since 1876 they have also held the dukedom of Gordon.
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 RICHMOND, EARLS AND DUKES OF - Online Information article about RICHMOND, EARLS AND DUKES OF   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
James, 4th duke of Lennox (1612—1655), was created duke of Richmond in 1641, the two dukedoms as well as the lesser English and Scottish titles thus becoming again See also:
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 1734 on the death of his grandmother the duchess of Ports-mouth; and all these honours are still held by his descendant the See also:
In 1836, on inheriting the estates of his maternal uncle, the 5th and last duke of Gordon, he assumed the name of Gordon before that of Lennox.
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 MyClan.com : Clan Lennox : Clan History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
By the end of the thirteenth century the Earls of Lennox were among the most powerful nobles in the realm, and Malcolm, the fifth Earl, was one of the nominees supporting the Bruce claim to the crown of Scotland.
The present Duke of Richmond, Gordon and Lennox, proprietor of the famous Goodwood Race Course, is Charles Lennox’s direct descendant.
In the nineteenth century the Lennoxes of Woodhead, later of Lennox Castle near Glasgow, claimed the right to succeed to the title and honours of the ancient Earls of Lennox, and although their claim to the peerage was never established, they were recognised as chief family of the name.
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 Scottish 'land reform' is just shameless legalised theft   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The title of Duke of Buccleuch was created in the Peerage of Scotland on 20th April 1663 for James Crofts, eldest illegitimate son of Charles II of England, who had married Anne Scott, Countess of Buccleuch.
In 1810, the Duke of Buccleuch inherited the title of Duke of Queensberry, also in the Peerage of Scotland, thus separating that title from the Marquess of Queensberry.
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).
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 Charles Gordon Lennox Richmond
RICHMOND, Charles Gordon Lennox, fourth Duke of, governor-general of Canada, born in 1764; died in Richmond, Lower Canada, 28 August, 1820.
His father, Lieutenant-General Lord George Henry Lennox, was a grandson of the first Duke of Richmond.
Charles Gordon-Lennox, the present Duke of Richmond, is his grandson.--His uncle, CHARLES LENNOX, third Duke of Richmond (1735-1806), was appointed in 1765 ambassador to France, in 1.766 was constituted chief secretary of state, and in 1782 master-general of the ordnance.
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 KeeneNH.com - Richmond, NH Vital Statistics
Background: Richmond was granted in 1735 as Sylvester-Canada, named for an Indian fighter, Capt. Joseph Sylvester of Scituate, Mass., who was killed in 1690 during an attempt to capture Quebec.
It was also renamed Richmond in honor of Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond, a friend of then-Gov. Benning Wentworth.
Hosea Ballou lived in Richmond; he was a leading 19th-century champion of religious liberalism and is considered the father of Universalism in the United States.
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 ONLIPIX - Great names pictures : RIC
RICHMOND (Lodovick STUART, 2nd duke of LENNOX and 1st duke of)(1574-1624)
RICHMOND (Mary, daughter of the 1st duke of BUCKINGHAM and wife of the 1st duke of RICHMOND, duchess of)(1622-1685)
RICHMOND (Frances, born HOWARD, wife of Lodovick STUART, duke of RICHMOND, duke of LENNOX, duchess of)(1578-1639)
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 Royal News 2003, Section III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In 1941 she married Cosmo Rex Ivor Russell (son of Sir Odo Russell, of the Barons Ampthill and the Dukes of Bedford, and of Marie Luise Gräfin von Rex [whose mother was Marie-Anna Gräfin zu Pappenheim]).
[Javier's grandfather, the Duke of Berwick, is the senior male-line descendant of James Fitzjames, Duke of Berwick (natural son of King James II of England and Scotland by Arabella Churchill).
Mary Angela Fitzroy, of the Viscounts Daventry and of the Dukes of Grafton]) married Hugo G. Smith-Bigham (youngest son of Charles Smith-Bingham (b.
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 Richmond   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
There are 1,374 households out of which 39.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.4% are married couples living together, 17.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 20.6% are non-families.
Tudor was an older son of Owen Tudor and Catherine of Valois (former queen of King Henry V of England), and it is not known for certain whether he was born legitimately after his parents were secretly married.
The eldest son of the Duke uses the courtesy title of Earl of March, Darnley and Kinrara.
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 Richmond   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The members of this family bear the surname Lennox or Gordon-Lennox, as indicated and unless otherwise indicated.
The children of the Dukes of Richmond and Lennox and the daughters of the Earls of March bear the courtesy title Lord/Lady before their Christian names.
CHARLES Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond and Lennox (9 Sep 1764-Canada 28 Aug 1819); m.Gordon Castle 9 Sep 1789 Lady Charlotte Gordon (Gordon Castle 20 Sep 1768-London 5 May 1842)
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 AllRefer.com - Online Encyclopedia Topics R : Rhod - Roa
Richmond and Derby, Margaret Beaufort, countess of
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, 3d duke of
Richmond and Lennox, Frances Teresa Stuart, duchess of
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 Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox (1791-1860), Soldier and politician
The duke valued his work and described him as 'the best fellow I ever saw '.
March, like Fitzroy Somerset, was bright, energetic and aristocratic, a fine example of the gilded youths who adorned the duke's military family.
March's parents, the 4th duke and duchess of Richmond, gave the famous ball in Brussels three days before the battle of Waterloo.
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 Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Pages: The "Lennox-Gordon's" of Great Britain
The surname was turned around by my Great Grandfather after he fell out with hi father the ' Duke of Richmond Gordon and Lennox '
His Home was originally Goodwood House and Gordon Castle (Fachaber estate)then after his falling out was Chipping Norton where he resided at no 2 Distan lane near the Church.
He died in the late twenties / early thrities after losing his leg in a motorcycle accident.
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 British_Royal_Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This is a list of current members of the royal family, as taken from the British government's homepage on the Royal Family (http://www.royal.gov.uk).
The Lady Saltoun (widow of Alexander Ramsay of Mar, a female-line grandson of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, the third son of Queen Victoria), and her children
Born a Prince of Greece and Denmark, it was only after his wartime service that he renounced his title and became a naturalised British subject, as Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten RN.
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 Margaret Johnson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Marquess of Douglas and Clydedale, eldest son of the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon
Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford, eldest son of the Duke of Roxburghe
Marquess of Douro, eldest son of the Duke of Wellington
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 Stuarts 7
Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond and Lennox, *London 29.7.1672, +Goodwood 27.5.1723; m.ca 8.1.1693 Hon.Anne Brudenell (+Whitehall 9.12.1722)
Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of Richmond and Lennox, *London 22.2.1735, +29.12.1806; m.London 1.4.1757 Lady Mary Bruce (+Goodwood 7.11.1796); he had three ilelgitimate daughters by his housekeeper; one was called Miss Le Clerc
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox, *Rochmond House 3.8.1791, +London 21.10.1860; m.London 10.4.1817 Lady Caroline Paget (*6.6.1796, +London 12.5.1874)
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 Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, and 1st Duke of Gordon (1818-1903), Statesman
Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, and 1st Duke of Gordon (1818-1903), Statesman
Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, and 1st Duke of Gordon
The online database contains information on 64,720 works, 43,628 of which are illustrated; the National Portrait Gallery's collection includes over 330,000 works.
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 Articles - British Royal Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Use of the style His Royal Highness or Her Royal Highness (HRH) and the titular dignity of Prince or Princess are governed by Letters Patent issued by King George V on 30 November 1917 (published in the London Gazette on 11 December 1917).
The day before his marriage he was created Duke of Edinburgh with the style HRH by King George VI's Letters Patent of 19 November 1949.
Thereafter, the dukedom has always borne the designation York, rather than York and Albany.
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 Dwyer Laye  Airey
Henry-John SYMONS, L.L.D. Vicar of ALL Saints and St. Martin's, Chaplain to the Duke of Cambridge.
Colonel and Hon Colonel Commander Harry John SOWERBY, J.P. 4th Batt Durham L.I. b 28 Nov 1867 Bapt- 29 MAR 1868 Lilley, Hertford, Served in S. Africa 1900-01
m 12 June 1894 to (Descended from George, Duke of Clarence, K.G., brother of EDWARD IV)
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