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Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond, 2nd Duke of Lennox, 2nd Duke of Aubigny, KG, KB, PC, FRS (18 May 1701 – 8 August 1750) of Goodwood House near Chichester in Sussex, was a British nobleman and politician. He was the son of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, 1st Duke of Lennox, the youngest of the seven illegitimate sons of ...
In 1675, King Charles II created his illegitimate son Charles Lennox Duke of Richmond (created on 9 August 1675) and Duke of Lennox (created on 9 September 1675), and the two Dukedoms have since been held concurrently by Lennox's descendants. Since 1734 he has also held the Dukedom of Aubigny (in the peerage of France).
#NamePeriodDuchess11since 2017Janet Astor10Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox b. 1929-20171989-2017Susan Grenville-Grey91935-1989Elizabeth Hudson81928-1935Charles 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.
Biography. Politician and sportsman; gained the rank of Lieutenant-General by 1745; grandson of Charles II by Louise de Kéroualle (qq.v.). Lennox's cultural interests were diverse. At Goodwood, his family estate in Sussex, he built a shell house and established a menagerie. He was one of the earliest patrons of Canaletto.
Charles Lennox, 2 nd Duke of Richmond was the only son of Charles Lennox, 1 st Duke of Richmond (1672-1723) and his wife, Anne (d.1722), widow of Henry, 2 nd Baron Belasyse of Worlaby and daughter of Francis, Lord Brudenell.
4 de abr. de 2024 · Charles Lennox, 3rd duke of Richmond was one of the most progressive British politicians of the 18th century, being chiefly known for his advanced views on parliamentary reform. Richmond succeeded to the peerage in 1750 (his father, the 2nd duke, having added the Aubigny title to the Richmond and
Address : 6346 Richmond Road, Richmond, Ontario. Recognition Statute: Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4) Designation Date: 1923-05-25. Life Date: 1764 to 1819. Other Name (s): Lennox, Charles (Duke of Richmond) (Designation Name) Importance: Governor General of Canada from May 1818 until his death in 1819. Plaque (s)
