Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox

Lord Alexander Francis Charles Gordon-Lennox (14 June 1825 – 22 January 1892), was a British Conservative politician.

Background[]

Gordon-Lennox was the fourth son of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, and Lady Caroline, daughter of Field Marshal Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey. Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond and Lord Henry Lennox were his elder brothers and Lord George Gordon-Lennox his younger brother.

Political career[]

Gordon-Lennox was elected Member of Parliament for New Shoreham in 1849, a seat he held until 1859. He was also a Captain in the Royal Horse Guards.

Family[]

Gordon-Lennox married Emily, daughter of Colonel Charles Towneley and Lady Caroline Molyneux, in 1863. The marriage produced one son, Cosmo Charles Gordon-Lennox (1869–1921), who married the actress Marie Tempest, and died childless. Lord Alexander died in January 1892, aged 66. His wife died in December of the same year.

References[]

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links[]

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox

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