General Charles (Lennox), 4th Duke of Richmond

1764 - 1819  (54 years)

• Name	Charles (Lennox)  [1]
  Title	General
  Suffix	4th Duke of Richmond
  Born	9 Sept. 1764	Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Office	From 1790 to 1806  [2]
  	Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Chichester
  	Tory
  Hereditary Title	From 29 Dec. 1806 to 28 Aug. 1819  [1]
  	4th Baron of Settrington, co. York [E., 1675]
  Hereditary Title	From 29 Dec. 1806 to 28 Aug. 1819  [1]
  	4th Duke of Lennox [S., 1675]
  Hereditary Title	From 29 Dec. 1806 to 28 Aug. 1819  [1]
  	4th Duke of Richmond [E., 1675]
  Hereditary Title	From 29 Dec. 1806 to 28 Aug. 1819  [1]
  	4th Earl of Darnley [S., 1675]
  Hereditary Title	From 29 Dec. 1806 to 28 Aug. 1819  [1]
  	4th Earl of March [E., 1675]
  Hereditary Title	From 29 Dec. 1806 to 28 Aug. 1819  [1]
  	4th Lord of Torboultoun [S., 1675]
  	"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.
  Office	1807  [2]
  	High Steward of Chichester
  Office	From 1807 to 1813  [2]
  	Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
  Office	1 April 1807  [2]
  	Privy Councillor (P.C.)
  Decoration	31 March 1812  [2]
  	Knight of the Order of the Garter (K.G.)
  Office	From 1813 to 1814  [2]
  	Governor of Hull
  Office	From 1814 to 1819  [2]
  	Governor of Plymouth
  Office	From 1816 to 1819  [2]
  	Lord Lieutenant of Sussex
  Office	From 1818 to 1819  [2]
  	Governor-General of Canada
  Died	28 Aug. 1819	near Richmond, Canada   [3]
  Buried	4 Sept. 1819	The Cathedral, Quebec, Canada   [3]
  Probate	1820  [3]
  Person ID	I945	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	6 Oct. 2018

  
  

  Father	General Lord George Henry Lennox,   b. circa 1738,   d. 25 March 1805  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Mother	Lady Louisa Kerr,   d. 1830
  Married	25 Dec. 1759  [4]
  Family ID	F516	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Charlotte Gordon,   b. 20 Sept. 1768, Gordon Castle, Banffshire, Scotland ,   d. 5 May 1842, Upper Portland Street, London, England  (Age 73 years)
  Married	9 Sept. 1789	Gordon Castle, Banffshire, Scotland   [2]
  Children	1. Lady Mary Lennox,   d. 7 Dec. 1847 + 2. Charles (Gordon-Lennox), 5th Duke of Richmond,   b. 3 Aug. 1791, Richmond House, Whitehall Gardens, London, England ,   d. 21 Oct. 1860, Portland Place, Marylebone, Middlesex, England  (Age 69 years) + 3. Lt.-Col. Lord John George Lennox,   b. 3 Oct. 1793,   d. 10 Nov. 1873  (Age 80 years)   4. Lady Sarah Lennox,   d. 8 Sept. 1873   5. Lady Georgiana Lennox,   b. circa 1795,   d. 15 Dec. 1891  (Age ~ 96 years)   6. Lord Henry Adam Lennox,   b. Sept. 1797,   d. 1812  (Age ~ 14 years) + 7. Lord William Pitt Lennox,   b. 20 Sept. 1799,   d. 18 Feb. 1881  (Age 81 years)   8. Lady Jane Lennox,   d. 27 March 1861   9. Captain Lord Frederick Lennox,   b. 24 Jan. 1801,   d. 25 Oct. 1829  (Age 28 years) + 10. Lord Sussex Lennox,   b. 11 June 1802,   d. 12 April 1874  (Age 71 years)   11. Lady Louisa Maddelena Lennox,   d. 2 March 1900   12. Lady Charlotte Lennox,   b. 4 Dec. 1804,   d. 20 Aug. 1833  (Age 28 years) + 13. Lt.-Col. Lord Arthur Lennox,   b. 2 Oct. 1806,   d. 15 Jan. 1864  (Age 57 years)   14. Lady Sophia Georgiana Lennox,   d. 17 Jan. 1902
  Last Modified	12 May 2019
  Family ID	F518	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume X, page 842. [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume X, page 843. [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume X, page 844. [S2] BP 2003, Charles Mosley (ed.), (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003), volume 3, page 3335.