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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 ...
- 27 May 1723 – 8 August 1750
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.
Charles Lennox, a natural son of King Charles II, was created Duke of Richmond in 1675 and granted lands in Scotland and Yorkshire (later sold). Through his grandmother, the Duchess of Portsmouth (d. 1734), the 2nd Duke inherited the French estate of Aubigny (divided among members of the family in the 1830s).
NumberDescriptionHeld ByReference1West Sussex Record Office194032West Sussex Record OfficeGoodwood MSS3West Sussex Record OfficeAcc 101104West Sussex Record OfficeAcc 16183He was the son and heir of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond, of Goodwood and of Richmond House, by his wife Sarah Cadogan, a daughter of William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan. Career. He was educated at Westminster School and Leiden University and succeeded his father as Duke of Richmond in August 1750.
- Mary Bruce
- Seven Years' War
- 1752–1806
- Field Marshal
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, 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.
Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Lennox primary name: Lennox, Charles other name: (Duke of) Lennox
