Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond facts for kids
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The Duke of Richmond
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The Duke of Richmond, 1883
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| President of the Board of Trade | |
| In office 24 June 1885 – 19 August 1885 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | Joseph Chamberlain |
| Succeeded by | Hon. Edward Stanhope |
| In office 8 March 1867 – 1 December 1868 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Derby Benjamin Disraeli |
| Preceded by | Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt |
| Succeeded by | John Bright |
| Leader of the House of Lords | |
| In office 21 February 1874 – 21 August 1876 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Benjamin Disraeli |
| Preceded by | The Earl Granville |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Beaconsfield |
| Lord President of the Council | |
| In office 21 February 1874 – 28 April 1880 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Benjamin Disraeli |
| Preceded by | The Lord Aberdare |
| Succeeded by | The Earl Spencer |
| President of the Poor Law Board | |
| In office 7 March 1859 – 11 June 1859 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Derby |
| Preceded by | Thomas Sotheron-Estcourt |
| Succeeded by | Charles Pelham Villiers |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal |
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| In office 22 October 1860 – 27 September 1903 Hereditary Peerage |
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| Preceded by | The 5th Duke of Richmond |
| Succeeded by | The 7th Duke of Richmond |
| Member of Parliament for West Sussex |
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| In office 22 July 1841 – 21 October 1860 |
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| Preceded by | Lord John Lennox |
| Succeeded by | Sir Walter Barttelot |
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Charles Henry Lennox
27 February 1818 Richmond House, London |
| Died | 27 September 1903 (aged 85) Gordon Castle, Morayshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Frances Harriett Greville |
| Children | 6, including Charles and Walter |
| Parents | Charles Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond Lady Caroline Paget |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox, and 1st Duke of Gordon, KG PC (né Lennox; 27 February 1818 – 27 September 1903), styled Lord Settrington until 1819 and then Earl of March until 1860, was a British Conservative politician.
Background and education
Born at Richmond House, London, he was the son of Charles Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox and Lady Caroline, daughter of Field Marshal Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey. He was educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford, where he had a short career as a cricketer. He served in the Royal Horse Guards and was aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington. Charles was born with the surname Lennox; when his father inherited the Gordon estates from his uncle, the father took the surname Gordon-Lennox for himself and his issue, by royal licence dated 9 August 1836.
Political career
March entered politics as member for Sussex West in 1841. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1859. In 1860, he succeeded his father as Duke of Richmond and entered the House of Lords. He chaired the Royal Commission on Capital Punishment, which reported in 1866, and the Royal Commission on Water Supply in 1869, which concluded that there was a need for some sort of overall planning of water supplies for domestic use.
He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1867, and filled various positions in government in the Conservative administrations of the Earl of Derby, Disraeli and the marquess of Salisbury. In 1876 he was rewarded for his public service by being created Duke of Gordon and Earl of Kinrara in the peerage of the United Kingdom. He was also Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen from 1861 until his death at Gordon Castle in 1903.
Family
Richmond married Frances Harriett Greville, daughter of Algernon Greville, on 28 November 1843. They had six children:
- Lady Caroline Gordon-Lennox (12 October 1844 – 2 November 1934), who acted as chatelaine of Goodwood after her mother's death in 1887. She died unmarried in 1934.
- Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond (1845–1928)
- Lord Algernon Charles Gordon-Lennox (19 September 1847 – 3 October 1921), married Blanche Maynard and had issue one daughter, Ivy Gordon-Lennox, (16 June 1887 – 3 March 1982), who m. William Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland.
- Captain Lord Francis Charles Gordon-Lennox (30 July 1849 – 1 January 1886), died unmarried
- Lady Florence Gordon-Lennox (21 June 1851 – 21 July 1895), died unmarried
- Lord Walter Charles Gordon-Lennox (29 July 1865 – 21 October 1922), married Alice Ogilvie-Grant and had issue
