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Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, 1st Duke of Lennox KG (29 July 1672 – 27 May 1723), of Goodwood House near Chichester in Sussex, was the youngest of the seven illegitimate sons of King Charles II, and was that king's only son by his French-born mistress Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth.
- 9 August 1675 – 27 May 1723
4 de abr. de 2024 · Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond (born July 29, 1672, London—died May 27, 1723, Goodwood, Sussex, Eng.) was the son of Charles II of England by his mistress Louise de Kéroualle, duchess of Portsmouth. He was aide-de-camp to William III from 1693 to 1702 and lord of the bedchamber to George I from 1714 to 1723.
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Charles Lennox (1672–1723) 1st Duke of Richmond, Duke of Lennox, Duke of Aubigny, Earl of March, Earl of Darnley, Baron Settrington, and Lord Torbolton: Charles Gordon (c. 1670 –1702) 2nd Earl of Aboyne and Lord Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet: Alexander Gordon (1720–1752)
- Charles Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March and Kinrara
- Charles Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond
- Charles Lennox
- Earl of March, Earl of Darnley, Earl of Kinrara, Baron Settrington, Lord Torbolton, Duke of Aubigny
He was the son of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, 1st Duke of Lennox, the youngest of the seven illegitimate sons of King Charles II. He was the most important of the early patrons of the game of cricket and did much to help its evolution from village cricket to first-class cricket .
- 27 May 1723 – 8 August 1750
22 de ago. de 2023 · Updated: Aug 22, 2023 3:01 PM EDT. Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, 1st Duke of Lennox's coat of arms. Wikipedia/"Own Work" CC3.0. King Charles II and Louise de Kerouaille.
Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond (1701-1750), became the fourth noble Grand Master of Grand Lodge in 1724. Master of London’s most influential Masonic lodge, the Horn Tavern in New Palace Yard, Westminster (pictured below), and a grandson of Charles II, Richmond set a pro-Hanoverian seal on eighteenth-century Freemasonry.
As a boy he joined the Sussex militia, in which he was promoted to a lieutenancy in 1778. Some six years later he became secretary to his uncle, Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox, as well as to the Board of Ordnance.
