Other Events:

• Education: 1830, Westminster, Middlesex, England; Westminster School
• Education: From 20 Oct. 1836 to 1839, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Christ Church, University of Oxford
• Office: From 1841 to 1860; Member of Parliament (M.P.) for West Sussex
• Office: From 1842 to 1854; Aide-de-Camp (A.D.C.)
• Office: From March 1859 to June 1859; President of the Poor Law Board
• Office: 3 March 1859; Privy Councillor (P.C.)
• Hereditary Title: From 21 Oct. 1860 to 27 Sept. 1903; 6th Baron of Settrington, co. York [E., 1675]
• Hereditary Title: From 21 Oct. 1860 to 27 Sept. 1903; 6th Duke of Lennox [S., 1675]
• Hereditary Title: From 21 Oct. 1860 to 27 Sept. 1903; 6th Duke of Richmond [E., 1675]
• Hereditary Title: From 21 Oct. 1860 to 27 Sept. 1903; 6th Earl of Darnley [S., 1675]
• Hereditary Title: From 21 Oct. 1860 to 27 Sept. 1903; 6th Earl of March [E., 1675]
• Hereditary Title: From 21 Oct. 1860 to 27 Sept. 1903; 6th Lord of Torboultoun [S., 1675]
• Census: 7 April 1861, Molecomb House, Singleton, Sussex, England
• Office: From 10 April 1861 to 27 Sept. 1903; Chancellor of Aberdeen University
• Office: From 1867 to 1868; President of the Board of Trade
• Office: From 1867 to 1868; President of the Royal Agricultural Society
• Decoration: 30 Jan. 1867; Knight of the Order of the Garter (K.G.)
• Office: From 1870 to 27 Sept. 1903; Elder Brother of the Trinity House
• Office: From 1870 to 1876; Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords
• Office: From 1874 to 1880; Lord President of the Council
• Hereditary Title: From 13 Jan. 1876 to 27 Sept. 1903; 1st Duke of Gordon [U.K., 1876]
• Hereditary Title: From 13 Jan. 1876 to 27 Sept. 1903; 1st Earl of Kinrara [U.K., 1876]
• Office: From 1879 to 27 Sept. 1903; Lord Lieutenant of Banff
• Occupation: 1879; Chairman of the Royal Commission on Agriculture
• Office: From 1881 to 1885; President of the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
• Office: From 1882 to 1883; President of the Royal Agricultural Society
• Office: 1885; An Ecclesiastical Commissioner
• Office: From 1885 to 1886; Secretary for Scotland
• Office: From June 1885 to Aug. 1885; President of the Board of Trade

Notes:

In thanking him for the gift of a Garter badge after the Berlin Conference, Lord Beaconsfield wrote, 23 July 1878: "We have known each other, now, for more than thirty years, and, often, in trying times; and under any circumstances, it would be agreeable to remember, that there has never been a cloud between us. But it is only of recent years, that I have had an opportunity of becoming duly acquainted with your great and good qualities; . . ." (Monypenny and Buckle, Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, volume vi, pages 359–60). For an obituary notice by Sir Ernest Clarke, in which stress is laid on his services to agriculture, see the Journal of the R. Agric. Soc., volume lxiv (1903), pages 1–15. A cartoon portrait of him appeared in Vanity Fair, 1870.

Education:
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Office:
Conservative

Office:
To the Duke of Wellington, 1842–52, and to Viscount Hardinge, the Duke's successor as Commander-in-Chief, 1852–54.

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.

Decoration:
He was the 6th Duke of the 1675 creation who received the Garter. See the Complete Peerage, volume ii, Appendix B, and especially page 586, where, under Stuart and Lennox, the number "seven" includes his son, the 7th Duke.

Charles married Frances Harriet Greville on 28 Nov. 1843 in St. George's, Hanover Square, London, Middlesex, England. Frances (daughter of Algernon Frederick Greville and Charlotte Maria Cox) was born on 8 March 1824 in London, Middlesex, England; died on 8 March 1887 in Goodwood, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lady Caroline Elizabeth Gordon-Lennox was born on 12 Oct. 1844 in Marylebone, Middlesex, England; died on 22 Nov. 1934.
2. Colonel Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 7th Duke of Richmond was born on 27 Dec. 1845 in Portland Place, Marylebone, Middlesex, England; died on 18 Jan. 1928 in Goodwood, Sussex, England; was buried on 21 Jan. 1928 in Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, Sussex, England.
3. Colonel Lord Algernon Charles Gordon-Lennox was born on 19 Sept. 1847 in Marylebone, Middlesex, England; died on 3 Oct. 1921.
4. Captain Lord Francis Charles Gordon-Lennox was born on 30 July 1849 in Chelsea, Middlesex, England; died on 1 Jan. 1886.
5. Lady Florence Augusta Gordon-Lennox was born circa 1852 in Chelsea, Middlesex, England; died on 21 July 1895 in 49, Belgrave Square, Belgravia, Middlesex, England; was buried on 25 July 1895 in Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, Sussex, England.
6. Rt. Hon. Lord Walter Charles Gordon-Lennox was born on 29 July 1865; died on 21 Oct. 1922.

Other Events:

• Office: High Steward of Chichester
• Education: to 1809, Westminster, Middlesex, England; Westminster School
• Education: From 28 Oct. 1809 to 1813, Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland; Trinity College, Dublin
• Office: From 1812 to 1819; Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Chichester
• Office: From 1819 to 1860; Colonel of the Sussex Militia
• Hereditary Title: From 28 Aug. 1819 to 21 Oct. 1860; 5th Baron of Settrington, co. York [E., 1675]
• Hereditary Title: From 28 Aug. 1819 to 21 Oct. 1860; 5th Duke of Lennox [S., 1675]
• Hereditary Title: From 28 Aug. 1819 to 21 Oct. 1860; 5th Duke of Richmond [E., 1675]
• Hereditary Title: From 28 Aug. 1819 to 21 Oct. 1860; 5th Earl of Darnley [S., 1675]
• Hereditary Title: From 28 Aug. 1819 to 21 Oct. 1860; 5th Earl of March [E., 1675]
• Hereditary Title: From 28 Aug. 1819 to 21 Oct. 1860; 5th Lord of Torboultoun [S., 1675]
• Decoration: 12 May 1829; Knight of the Order of the Garter (K.G.)
• Office: From Nov. 1830 to May 1834; Postmaster-General
• Office: 22 Nov. 1830; Privy Councillor (P.C.)
• Office: 1831; Vice-Admiral of Sussex
• Office: 1832; Militia A.D.C. to William IV
• Office: From 1835 to 1860; Lord Lieutenant of Sussex
• Office: From 1836 to 1860; Chancellor of Marischal College, Aberdeen
• Decoration: 2 April 1840; Fellow of the Royal Society (F.R.S.)
• Office: From 1841 to 1845; President of the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
• Office: 1845; President of the Royal Agricultural Society
• Office: From Sept. 1860 to 21 Oct. 1860; Joint Chancellor of Aberdeen University

Notes:

He took by Royal licence, 9 August 1836, the additional surname of Gordon on succeeding to the estates of his maternal uncle, the 5th and last Duke of Gordon [S.].

As a peer he was anti-Catholic and seceded from the Tory party when Peel gave way to the Catholic claims. Being a member of the Grey cabinet he supported the Reform Bill, but he was alone in dissenting from their decision, 8 May 1832, to resign if the King would not give them powers to make peers at once (Trevelyan, Lord Grey of the Reform Bill, page 339). He resigned in May 1834, joined Peel as one of the new Conservative party and became leader of the Protectionists. Lord Beauvale wrote to Lady Palmerston from Toplitz, 23 June 1841: "Sir John Courcy says the Queen will send en cas de besoin for the Duke of Richmond" (Lady Airlie, Lady Palmerston and her Times, volume ii, page 63). In January 1842 he declined Peel's offer to appoint him Lord Privy Seal (Parker, Sir Robert Peel, volume ii, page 519).

Education:
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

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 Caroline Paget on 10 April 1817 in St. James's, Westminster, Middlesex, England. Caroline (daughter of Henry William (Paget), 1st Marquess of Anglesey and Lady Caroline Elizabeth Villiers) was born on 6 June 1796; died on 12 March 1874 in Portland Place, Marylebone, Middlesex, England; was buried in Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Other Events:

• Probate: June 1842

Henry married Lady Caroline Elizabeth Villiers. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

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

George married Lady Louisa Kerr on 25 Dec. 1759. Louisa (daughter of William Henry (Kerr), 4th Marquess of Lothian) died in 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Hereditary Title: 4th Duke of Gordon
• Hereditary Title: 7th Marquess of Huntly

Alexander married Jane Maxwell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]