Charles Gordon-Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond

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The Duke of Richmond
Personal details
Born(1870-12-30)30 December 1870
Died7 May 1935(1935-05-07) (aged 64)
Spouse
(m. 1893)
Children
Parent(s)Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond
Amy Mary Ricardo

Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond, 8th Duke of Lennox, 3rd Duke of Gordon DSO MVO (30 December 1870 – 7 May 1935), known as Lord Settrington 1870–1903, and as Earl of March 1903–1928, was a British peer and politician.

Biography[edit]

Lord Settrington was the son of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond (at the time known as Earl of March, as his father, the 6th Duke was still alive) by his first wife, Amy Mary Ricardo (1849–1879), daughter of Percy Ricardo, of Bramley Park and Mathilde Hensley. He was styled as Earl of March when his father held the dukedom, and inherited the dukedom upon his father's death in 1928, holding the title for only seven years.

He was promoted to captain while in the service of the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. In December 1899 he was seconded as a staff officer,[1] and appointed an Aide-de-camp to Lord Roberts, Commander-in-Chief of the forces in South Africa during the early part of the Second Boer War.[2][3] He was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in command of the Sussex Yeomanry on 8 July 1914, just before the outbreak of World War I.[4][5]

Family[edit]

Memorial to the Duke and his second son in Boxgrove Priory church

Lord Settrington married Hilda Madeline Brassey (1872 – 29 December 1971) on 8 June 1893; they had five children:

Ancestry[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "No. 27169". The London Gazette. 27 February 1900. p. 1354.
  2. ^ "No. 27156". The London Gazette. 23 January 1900. p. 430.
  3. ^ "No. 27170". The London Gazette. 2 March 1900. p. 1435.
  4. ^ Monthly Army List, August 1914.
  5. ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 100th Edn, London, 1953.

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Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Moray
1928–1935
Succeeded by
Peerage of England
Preceded by Duke of Richmond
3rd creation
1928–1935
Succeeded by
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Duke of Lennox
2nd creation
1928–1935
Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Duke of Gordon
2nd creation
1928–1935
Succeeded by
French nobility
Preceded by Duke of Aubigny
1928–1935
Succeeded by