12. | Frederick Charles (Gordon-Lennox), 9th Duke of Richmond was born on 5 Feb. 1904 (son of Colonel Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 8th Duke of Richmond and Hilda Madeleine Brassey); died on 2 Nov. 1989. Other Events:
- Education: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Christ Church, University of Oxford
- Military Service: Flight-Lieutenant, Royal Air Force
- Education: From 1917 to 1920, Eton, Buckinghamshire, England; Eton College
- Military Service: 1925; Lieutenant, 98th (Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry) Brigade R.F.A.
- Military Service: From 1926 to 1928; 22nd (London) Armoured Car Co.
- Hereditary Title: From 7 May 1935 to 2 Nov. 1989; 4th Duke of Gordon [U.K., 1876]
- Hereditary Title: From 7 May 1935 to 2 Nov. 1989; 4th Earl of Kinrara [U.K., 1876]
- Hereditary Title: From 7 May 1935 to 2 Nov. 1989; 9th Baron of Settrington, co. York [E., 1675]
- Hereditary Title: From 7 May 1935 to 2 Nov. 1989; 9th Duke of Lennox [S., 1675]
- Hereditary Title: From 7 May 1935 to 2 Nov. 1989; 9th Duke of Richmond [E., 1675]
- Hereditary Title: From 7 May 1935 to 2 Nov. 1989; 9th Earl of Darnley [S., 1675]
- Hereditary Title: From 7 May 1935 to 2 Nov. 1989; 9th Earl of March [E., 1675]
- Hereditary Title: From 7 May 1935 to 2 Nov. 1989; 9th Lord of Torboultoun [S., 1675]
Notes:
Carried the sceptre with the dove at the Coronation of George VI, 12 May 1937, and of Elizabeth II, 2 June 1953.
Military Service:
During the Second World War.
Hereditary Title:
"Torboltoun" (only) in the patent (Mag. Sig.) as quoted in Wood's Douglas, volume ii, page 688, but "Tarbolton" in Scots Peerage, volume v, page 363, and "Methven of Torboltoun" according to the later peerages. See also Cal. S. P. Dom., 1679–80, page 616.
Frederick married Elizabeth Grace Hudson on 15 Dec. 1927 in Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, Chelsea, Middlesex, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Rev. Thomas William Hudson) died in 1992. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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