Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond
Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox, 1st Duke of Gordon, KG, PC (27 February 1818 – 27 September 1903), styled the Earl of March until 1860, was a British Conservative politician.
The Duke of Richmond
27 September 1903 (aged 85)
Gordon Castle, Morayshire
British
Frances Harriett Greville
Charles Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond
Lady Caroline Paget
Background and education[edit]
Born at Richmond House, London, he was the son of Charles Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, and his wife Lady Caroline (née Paget), daughter of Field Marshal Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey. He was educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford, where he had a short career as a cricketer. He served in the Royal Horse Guards and was aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington. Charles was born with the surname Lennox; when his father inherited the Gordon estates from his uncle, the father took the surname Gordon-Lennox for himself and his issue, by royal licence dated 9 August 1836.[1]
He owned 286,000 acres mostly in Banff, Aberdeen and Inverness. His Sussex holdings were 17,000 acres. By 1883, he had an income of £80,000 a year.[2]
Richmond married Frances Harriett Greville, daughter of Algernon Greville, on 28 November 1843. They had six children: