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Charles Gordon Lennox

Male 1868 - 1894  (25 years)


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  1. 1.  Charles Gordon Lennox was born on 9 July 1868 (son of General Sir Wilbraham Oates Lennox, V.C. and Susan Hay Sinclair); died on 30 June 1894.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  General Sir Wilbraham Oates Lennox, V.C. was born on 4 May 1830 (son of Lt.-Col. Lord John George Lennox and Louisa Frederica Rodney); died on 7 Feb. 1897.

    Other Events:

    • Decoration: Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.)
    • Decoration: V.C. (Victoria Cross)
    • Military Service: General, Royal Engineers
    • Office: Director-General of Military Education
    • Office: Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Sussex
    • Residence: East Pallant House, Chichester, Sussex, England
    • Military Service: From 1854 to 1856; Crimean War
    • Military Service: From 1857 to 1858; Indian Rebellion
    • Military Service: From 1870 to 1871; Franco-Prussian War
    • Military Service: From 1876 to 1877; Turco-Russian War

    Wilbraham married Susan Hay Sinclair on 12 June 1867. Susan died on 6 April 1912. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Susan Hay Sinclair died on 6 April 1912.
    Children:
    1. 1. Charles Gordon Lennox was born on 9 July 1868; died on 30 June 1894.
    2. Louisa Edith Lennox was born on 1 Sept. 1869; died on 9 March 1870.
    3. Cecil George Pelham Gordon-Lennox-Sinclair was born on 28 April 1872; died on 9 Aug. 1922.
    4. Claud Henry Maitland Lennox-Sinclair was born on 20 Oct. 1873; died on 24 Nov. 1947.
    5. Cecilia Georgina Susan Lennox was born on 26 Nov. 1875.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Lt.-Col. Lord John George Lennox was born on 3 Oct. 1793 (son of General Charles (Lennox), 4th Duke of Richmond and Lady Charlotte Gordon); died on 10 Nov. 1873.

    Other Events:

    • Office: Member of Parliament (M.P.) for West Sussex

    John married Louisa Frederica Rodney on 29 June 1818. Louisa (daughter of Hon. John Rodney) died on 12 Jan. 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Louisa Frederica Rodney (daughter of Hon. John Rodney); died on 12 Jan. 1865.
    Children:
    1. Maj.-Gen. Augustus Frederick Francis Lennox was born on 22 Aug. 1824; died on 8 July 1883.
    2. 2. General Sir Wilbraham Oates Lennox, V.C. was born on 4 May 1830; died on 7 Feb. 1897.
    3. Elizabeth Frederica Lennox died on 19 Oct. 1890.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  General Charles (Lennox), 4th Duke of Richmond was born on 9 Sept. 1764 in Scotland (son of General Lord George Henry Lennox and Lady Louisa Kerr); died on 28 Aug. 1819 in near Richmond, Canada; was buried on 4 Sept. 1819 in The Cathedral, Quebec, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Office: From 1790 to 1806; Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Chichester
    • Hereditary Title: From 29 Dec. 1806 to 28 Aug. 1819; 4th Baron of Settrington, co. York [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 29 Dec. 1806 to 28 Aug. 1819; 4th Duke of Lennox [S., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 29 Dec. 1806 to 28 Aug. 1819; 4th Duke of Richmond [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 29 Dec. 1806 to 28 Aug. 1819; 4th Earl of Darnley [S., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 29 Dec. 1806 to 28 Aug. 1819; 4th Earl of March [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 29 Dec. 1806 to 28 Aug. 1819; 4th Lord of Torboultoun [S., 1675]
    • Office: 1807; High Steward of Chichester
    • Office: From 1807 to 1813; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
    • Office: 1 April 1807; Privy Councillor (P.C.)
    • Decoration: 31 March 1812; Knight of the Order of the Garter (K.G.)
    • Office: From 1813 to 1814; Governor of Hull
    • Office: From 1814 to 1819; Governor of Plymouth
    • Office: From 1816 to 1819; Lord Lieutenant of Sussex
    • Office: From 1818 to 1819; Governor-General of Canada
    • Probate: 1820

    Notes:

    Office:
    Tory

    Hereditary Title:
    "Torboltoun" (only) in the patent (Mag. Sig.) as quoted in Wood's Douglas, volume ii, page 688, but "Tarbolton" in Scots Peerage, volume v, page 363, and "Methven of Torboltoun" according to the later peerages. See also Cal. S. P. Dom., 1679–80, page 616.

    Charles married Lady Charlotte Gordon on 9 Sept. 1789 in Gordon Castle, Banffshire, Scotland. Charlotte (daughter of Alexander (Gordon), 4th Duke of Gordon and Jane Maxwell) was born on 20 Sept. 1768 in Gordon Castle, Banffshire, Scotland; died on 5 May 1842 in Upper Portland Street, London, England; was buried on 13 May 1842 in Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Lady Charlotte Gordon was born on 20 Sept. 1768 in Gordon Castle, Banffshire, Scotland (daughter of Alexander (Gordon), 4th Duke of Gordon and Jane Maxwell); died on 5 May 1842 in Upper Portland Street, London, England; was buried on 13 May 1842 in Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, Sussex, England.

    Other Events:

    • Probate: June 1842

    Children:
    1. Lady Mary Lennox died on 7 Dec. 1847.
    2. Charles (Gordon-Lennox), 5th Duke of Richmond was born on 3 Aug. 1791 in Richmond House, Whitehall Gardens, London, England; died on 21 Oct. 1860 in Portland Place, Marylebone, Middlesex, England; was buried in Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, Sussex, England.
    3. 4. Lt.-Col. Lord John George Lennox was born on 3 Oct. 1793; died on 10 Nov. 1873.
    4. Lady Sarah Lennox died on 8 Sept. 1873.
    5. Lady Georgiana Lennox was born circa 1795; died on 15 Dec. 1891.
    6. Lord Henry Adam Lennox was born in Sept. 1797; died in 1812.
    7. Lord William Pitt Lennox was born on 20 Sept. 1799; died on 18 Feb. 1881.
    8. Lady Jane Lennox died on 27 March 1861.
    9. Captain Lord Frederick Lennox was born on 24 Jan. 1801; died on 25 Oct. 1829.
    10. Lord Sussex Lennox was born on 11 June 1802; died on 12 April 1874.
    11. Lady Louisa Maddelena Lennox died on 2 March 1900.
    12. Lady Charlotte Lennox was born on 4 Dec. 1804; died on 20 Aug. 1833.
    13. Lt.-Col. Lord Arthur Lennox was born on 2 Oct. 1806; died on 15 Jan. 1864.
    14. Lady Sophia Georgiana Lennox died on 17 Jan. 1902.

  3. 10.  Hon. John Rodney
    Children:
    1. 5. Louisa Frederica Rodney died on 12 Jan. 1865.


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