Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond

His Grace

The Duke of Richmond

KG PC
His Grace; The Duke of Richmond; KG PC
President of the Board of Trade
	In office; 24 June 1885 – 19 August 1885
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Salisbury
Preceded by	Joseph Chamberlain
Succeeded by	Hon. Edward Stanhope
	In office; 8 March 1867 – 1 December 1868
Monarch	Queen 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
Monarch	Queen 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
Monarch	Queen 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
Monarch	Queen 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
	In office; 22 October 1860 – 27 September 1903; Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	The 5th Duke of Richmond
Succeeded by	The 7th Duke of Richmond
Member of Parliament; for West Sussex
	In office; 22 July 1841 – 21 October 1860
Preceded by	Lord John Lennox
Succeeded by	Sir Walter Barttelot
Personal details
Born	27 February 1818; Richmond House, London
Died	27 September 1903 (aged 85); Gordon Castle, Morayshire
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	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 (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.

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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3] He was also Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen from 1861 until his death at Gordon Castle in 1903.

Family[]

49 Belgrave Square, his London house

Garter encircled arms of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, KG, as displayed on his Order of the Garter stall plate in St. George's Chapel.

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.^[4]
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

Ancestry[]

showAncestors of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond

Bibliography[]

Porter, Elizabeth (1978). Water Management in England and Wales. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-21865-8.
Torrance, David (2006). The Scottish Secretaries. Birlinn. ISBN 978-1-84158-476-8.

References[]

^ Porter 1978, p. 24.
^ McNeill, Ronald John (1911). "Richmond, Earls and Dukes of" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 307.
^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lennox". Encyclopædia Britannica. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 420.
^ "Lady Caroline Gordon Lennox". Gordon Chapel.

External links[]

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Duke of Richmond
Gordon Chapel
CricketArchive: Earl of March

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Lord John Lennox Earl of Surrey	Member of Parliament for Sussex West 1841–1860 With: Charles Wyndham 1841–1847 Richard Prime 1847–1854 Hon. Henry Wyndham 1854–1860	Succeeded by Hon. Henry Wyndham Sir Walter Bartelott, Bt
Political offices
Preceded by Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt	President of the Board of Trade 1867–1868	Succeeded by John Bright
Preceded by The Lord Aberdare	Lord President of the Council 1874–1880	Succeeded by The Earl Spencer
Preceded by Joseph Chamberlain	President of the Board of Trade 1885	Succeeded by Hon. Edward Stanhope
Preceded by New Office	Secretary for Scotland 1885–1886	Succeeded by George Trevelyan
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl Fife	Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire 1879–1903	Succeeded by The Duke of Richmond
Party political offices
Preceded by The Lord Cairns	Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords 1870–1876	Succeeded by The Earl of Beaconsfield
Peerage of England
Preceded by Charles Gordon-Lennox	Duke of Richmond 3rd creation 1860–1903	Succeeded by Charles Gordon-Lennox
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Charles Gordon-Lennox	Duke of Lennox 2nd creation 1860–1903	Succeeded by Charles Gordon-Lennox
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Duke of Gordon 2nd creation 1876–1903	Succeeded by Charles Gordon-Lennox
French nobility
Preceded by Charles Gordon-Lennox	Duke of Aubigny 1860–1903	Succeeded by Charles Gordon-Lennox

[FOOTNOTEPorter197824-1] Porter 1978, p. 24.

[2] McNeill, Ronald John (1911). "Richmond, Earls and Dukes of" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 307.

[EB1911-3] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lennox". Encyclopædia Britannica. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 420.

[4] "Lady Caroline Gordon Lennox". Gordon Chapel.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

show v t Secretaries of State for Scotland
Scotland Office
Secretary of State for Scotland 1707–1746	Mar Queensberry Mar Montrose Roxburghe Vacant Tweeddale
Secretary for Scotland 1885–1926	Richmond Trevelyan Dalhousie Balfour Lothian Trevelyan Balfour of Burleigh Murray Linlithgow Sinclair (Pentland) Wood Tennant Munro Novar Adamson Gilmour
Secretary of State for Scotland 1926–1999	Gilmour Adamson Sinclair Collins Elliot Colville Brown Johnston Rosebery Westwood Woodburn McNeil Stuart Maclay Noble Ross Campbell Ross Millan Younger Rifkind Lang Forsyth Dewar
Secretary of State for Scotland 1999–present	Reid Liddell Darling* Alexander* Browne** Murphy Alexander Moore Carmichael Mundell Jack
Also Secretary of State for Transport; *Secretary of State for Defence

show v t Cabinet of Prime Minister The Marquess of Salisbury (July 1885 – February 1886)
Prime Minister Foreign Secretary Leader of the House of Lords	The Marquess of Salisbury (1885–1886)
First Lord of the Treasury	The Earl of Iddesleigh (1885–1886)
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Halsbury (1885–1886)
Lord President of the Council	The Viscount Cranbrook (1885–1886)
Lord Privy Seal	The Earl of Harrowby (1885–1886)
Home Secretary	Sir Richard Cross (1885–1886)
Secretary of State for the Colonies	Sir Frederick Stanley (1885–1886)
Secretary of State for War	William Henry Smith (1885–1886) The Viscount Cranbrook (1886)
Secretary of State for India	Lord Randolph Churchill (1885–1886)
First Lord of the Admiralty	Lord George Hamilton (1885–1886)
Chancellor of the Exchequer Leader of the House of Commons	Sir Michael Hicks Beach (1885–1886)
President of the Board of Trade	The Duke of Richmond (1885) Edward Stanhope (1885–1886)
Chief Secretary for Ireland	William Henry Smith (1886)
Postmaster General	Lord John Manners (1885–1886)
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	The Earl of Carnarvon (1885–1886)
Lord Chancellor of Ireland	The Lord Ashbourne (1885–1886)
Secretary for Scotland	The Duke of Richmond (1885–1886)
Vice President of the Council	Edward Stanhope (1885)

show Authority control
General	Integrated Authority File (Germany) ISNI 1 VIAF 1 WorldCat
National libraries	United States
Other	Faceted Application of Subject Terminology Social Networks and Archival Context

His Grace The Duke of Richmond KG PC


President of the Board of Trade
In office 24 June 1885 – 19 August 1885
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Salisbury
Preceded by	Joseph Chamberlain
Succeeded by	Hon. Edward Stanhope
In office 8 March 1867 – 1 December 1868
Monarch	Queen 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
Monarch	Queen 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
Monarch	Queen 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
Monarch	Queen 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
In office 22 October 1860 – 27 September 1903 Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	The 5th Duke of Richmond
Succeeded by	The 7th Duke of Richmond
Member of Parliament for West Sussex
In office 22 July 1841 – 21 October 1860
Preceded by	Lord John Lennox
Succeeded by	Sir Walter Barttelot

Personal details
Born	27 February 1818 (1818-02-27) Richmond House, London
Died	27 September 1903(1903-09-27) (aged 85) Gordon Castle, Morayshire
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Frances Harriett Greville
Children	6, including Charles and Walter
Parents	Charles Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond Lady Caroline Paget
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford