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Colonel Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 8th Duke of Richmond

Colonel Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 8th Duke of Richmond

Male 1870 - 1935  (64 years)

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  1. 1.  Colonel Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 8th Duke of RichmondColonel Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 8th Duke of Richmond was born on 30 Dec. 1870; died on 7 May 1935 in Goodwood, Sussex, England.

    Other Events:

    • Cremation: Brighton, Sussex, England
    • Military Service: Colonel, Sussex Yeomanry
    • Office: Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Moray
    • Education: From 1884 to 1888, Eton, Buckinghamshire, England; Eton College
    • Education: 1888, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Christ Church, University of Oxford
    • Decoration: From 1895 to 1898, Ireland; A.D.C. to Lord Roberts
    • Military Service: From 1896 to 1900; Captain, 3rd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment (Militia)
    • Decoration: From 1899 to 1901, South Africa; A.D.C. to Lord Roberts
    • Decoration: circa 1901; Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)
    • Military Service: 1901; Captain, Irish Guards
    • Decoration: 1905; Member of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.)
    • Hereditary Title: From 18 Jan. 1928 to 7 May 1935; 3rd Duke of Gordon [U.K., 1876]
    • Hereditary Title: From 18 Jan. 1928 to 7 May 1935; 3rd Earl of Kinrara [U.K., 1876]
    • Hereditary Title: From 18 Jan. 1928 to 7 May 1935; 8th Baron of Settrington, co. York [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 18 Jan. 1928 to 7 May 1935; 8th Duke of Lennox [S., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 18 Jan. 1928 to 7 May 1935; 8th Duke of Richmond [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 18 Jan. 1928 to 7 May 1935; 8th Earl of Darnley [S., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 18 Jan. 1928 to 7 May 1935; 8th Earl of March [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 18 Jan. 1928 to 7 May 1935; 8th Lord of Torboultoun [S., 1675]
    • Probate: 13 Feb. 1935

    Notes:

    Education:
    Matriculated 1888.

    Decoration:
    South African War. Mentioned in despatches. Received D.S.O.

    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.

    Probate:
    Role: Executor

    Charles married Hilda Madeleine Brassey on 8 June 1893 in St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Lady Amy Gwendoline Gordon-Lennox  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 May 1894; died on 27 April 1975.
    2. 3. Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Aug. 1895; died on 5 Sept. 1895.
    3. 4. Lady Doris Hilda Gordon-Lennox  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Sept. 1896.
    4. 5. Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, styled Lord Settrington  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Jan. 1899; died on 24 Aug. 1919 in Russia.
    5. 6. Frederick Charles (Gordon-Lennox), 9th Duke of Richmond  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Feb. 1904; died on 2 Nov. 1989.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lady Amy Gwendoline Gordon-Lennox Descendancy chart to this point (1.Charles1) was born on 5 May 1894; died on 27 April 1975.

    Amy married Sir James Stuart Coats, 3rd Baronet on 11 Dec. 1917. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox Descendancy chart to this point (1.Charles1) was born on 15 Aug. 1895; died on 5 Sept. 1895.

  3. 4.  Lady Doris Hilda Gordon-Lennox Descendancy chart to this point (1.Charles1) was born on 6 Sept. 1896.

    Doris married Lt.-Cdr. Clare George Vyner on 10 April 1923. Clare (son of Lt.-Col. Lord Alwyne Frederick Compton and Mary Evelyn Compton-Vyner) was born on 31 March 1894; died in 1989. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Sub-Lieut. Charles de Grey Vyner  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Jan. 1926; died on 2 May 1945 in near Rangoon, Burma.
    2. 8. Henry Vyner  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 April 1932; died on 19 Jan. 1996.
    3. 9. Elizabeth Vyner  Descendancy chart to this point died on 3 June 1942.

  4. 5.  Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, styled Lord Settrington Descendancy chart to this point (1.Charles1) was born on 26 Jan. 1899; died on 24 Aug. 1919 in Russia.

    Other Events:

    • Military Service: From 1914 to 1918; Lieutenant, Irish Guards

    Notes:

    Military Service:
    Served in the Great War.


  5. 6.  Frederick Charles (Gordon-Lennox), 9th Duke of RichmondFrederick Charles (Gordon-Lennox), 9th Duke of Richmond Descendancy chart to this point (1.Charles1) was born on 5 Feb. 1904; died on 2 Nov. 1989.

    Other Events:

    • Education: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Christ Church, University of Oxford
    • Military Service: Flight-Lieutenant, Royal Air Force
    • Education: From 1917 to 1920, Eton, Buckinghamshire, England; Eton College
    • Military Service: 1925; Lieutenant, 98th (Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry) Brigade R.F.A.
    • Military Service: From 1926 to 1928; 22nd (London) Armoured Car Co.
    • Hereditary Title: From 7 May 1935 to 2 Nov. 1989; 4th Duke of Gordon [U.K., 1876]
    • Hereditary Title: From 7 May 1935 to 2 Nov. 1989; 4th Earl of Kinrara [U.K., 1876]
    • Hereditary Title: From 7 May 1935 to 2 Nov. 1989; 9th Baron of Settrington, co. York [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 7 May 1935 to 2 Nov. 1989; 9th Duke of Lennox [S., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 7 May 1935 to 2 Nov. 1989; 9th Duke of Richmond [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 7 May 1935 to 2 Nov. 1989; 9th Earl of Darnley [S., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 7 May 1935 to 2 Nov. 1989; 9th Earl of March [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 7 May 1935 to 2 Nov. 1989; 9th Lord of Torboultoun [S., 1675]

    Notes:

    Carried the sceptre with the dove at the Coronation of George VI, 12 May 1937, and of Elizabeth II, 2 June 1953.

    Military Service:
    During the Second World War.

    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.

    Frederick married Elizabeth Grace Hudson on 15 Dec. 1927 in Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, Chelsea, Middlesex, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Rev. Thomas William Hudson) died in 1992. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 10th Duke of Richmond  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Sept. 1929; died on 1 Sept. 2017.
    2. 11. Lord Nicholas Charles Gordon-Lennox  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Jan. 1931; died on 11 Oct. 2004.


Generation: 3

  1. 7.  Sub-Lieut. Charles de Grey Vyner Descendancy chart to this point (4.Doris2, 1.Charles1) was born on 21 Jan. 1926; died on 2 May 1945 in near Rangoon, Burma.

    Other Events:

    • Military Service: Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Navy

    Notes:

    Died:
    He was killed on active service, off Rangoon.


  2. 8.  Henry Vyner Descendancy chart to this point (4.Doris2, 1.Charles1) was born on 20 April 1932; died on 19 Jan. 1996.

    Henry married Margaret Heathcote on 13 Oct. 1958. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Harriet de Grey Vyner  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Aug. 1959.
    2. 13. Violet Elizabeth Vyner  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 March 1962.

    Henry married (Charlotte) Claire Pemberton Courtney on 5 Aug. 1982 in London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 9.  Elizabeth Vyner Descendancy chart to this point (4.Doris2, 1.Charles1) died on 3 June 1942.

    Notes:

    Died:
    She died while on active service, and was unmarried.


  4. 10.  Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 10th Duke of RichmondCharles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 10th Duke of Richmond Descendancy chart to this point (6.Frederick2, 1.Charles1) was born on 19 Sept. 1929; died on 1 Sept. 2017.

    Other Events:

    • Education: Eton, Buckinghamshire, England; Eton College
    • Education: Rugby, Leicestershire, England; William Temple College
    • Hereditary Title: From 2 Nov. 1989 to 1 Sept. 2017; 10th Baron of Settrington, co. York [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 2 Nov. 1989 to 1 Sept. 2017; 10th Duke of Lennox [S., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 2 Nov. 1989 to 1 Sept. 2017; 10th Duke of Richmond [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 2 Nov. 1989 to 1 Sept. 2017; 10th Earl of Darnley [S., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 2 Nov. 1989 to 1 Sept. 2017; 10th Earl of March [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 2 Nov. 1989 to 1 Sept. 2017; 10th Lord of Torboultoun [S., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 2 Nov. 1989 to 1 Sept. 2017; 5th Duke of Gordon [U.K., 1876]
    • Hereditary Title: From 2 Nov. 1989 to 1 Sept. 2017; 5th Earl of Kinrara [U.K., 1876]

    Notes:

    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 Susan Monica Grenville-Grey on 26 May 1951. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Lady Ellinor Caroline Gordon-Lennox  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1952.
    2. 15. Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 11th Duke of Richmond  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Jan. 1955.
    3. 16. Lady Louisa Elizabeth Gordon-Lennox  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1967.

  5. 11.  Lord Nicholas Charles Gordon-Lennox Descendancy chart to this point (6.Frederick2, 1.Charles1) was born on 31 Jan. 1931; died on 11 Oct. 2004.

    Other Events:

    • Education: Eton, Buckinghamshire, England; Eton College
    • Education: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Worcester College, University of Oxford
    • Residence: South Nore, West Wittering, Sussex, England
    • Decoration: 1986; Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (K.C.M.G.)
    • Decoration: 1989; Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.)

    Nicholas married Mary Williamson on 14 Jan. 1958. Mary (daughter of Brigadier Hudleston Noel Hedworth Williamson) was born circa 1934; died on 26 Sept. 2021. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Sarah Caroline Gordon-Lennox  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 June 1960.
    2. 18. Henrietta Mary Gordon-Lennox  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Jan. 1962.
    3. 19. Lucy Elizabeth Gordon-Lennox  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Dec. 1965.
    4. 20. Anthony Charles Gordon-Lennox  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 April 1969; died on 7 Oct. 2017.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Harriet de Grey Vyner Descendancy chart to this point (8.Henry3, 4.Doris2, 1.Charles1) was born on 18 Aug. 1959.

  2. 13.  Violet Elizabeth Vyner Descendancy chart to this point (8.Henry3, 4.Doris2, 1.Charles1) was born on 21 March 1962.

  3. 14.  Lady Ellinor Caroline Gordon-Lennox Descendancy chart to this point (10.Charles3, 6.Frederick2, 1.Charles1) was born in 1952.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 2015, 10, Eastview Gardens, Crow's Lane, Farringdon, Hampshire, England


  4. 15.  Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 11th Duke of RichmondCharles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 11th Duke of Richmond Descendancy chart to this point (10.Charles3, 6.Frederick2, 1.Charles1) was born on 8 Jan. 1955.

    Other Events:

    • Education: Eton, Buckinghamshire, England; Eton College
    • Hereditary Title: From 1 Sept. 2017; 11th Baron of Settrington, co. York [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 1 Sept. 2017; 11th Duke of Lennox [S., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 1 Sept. 2017; 11th Duke of Richmond [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 1 Sept. 2017; 11th Earl of Darnley [S., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 1 Sept. 2017; 11th Earl of March [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 1 Sept. 2017; 11th Lord of Torboultoun [S., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 1 Sept. 2017; 6th Duke of Gordon [U.K., 1876]
    • Hereditary Title: From 1 Sept. 2017; 6th Earl of Kinrara [U.K., 1876]

    Notes:

    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 Sally Clayton on 3 July 1976, and was divorced in 1989. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Lady Alexandra Gordon-Lennox  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1985.

    Charles married Hon. Janet Elizabeth Astor in 1991. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March and Kinrara  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Dec. 1994.
    2. 23. Lord William Rupert Charles Gordon-Lennox  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Nov. 1996.
    3. 24. Lord Frederick Lysander Charles Gordon-Lennox  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 March 2000.
    4. 25. Lady Eloise Cordelia Sky Gordon-Lennox  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 March 2000.

  5. 16.  Lady Louisa Elizabeth Gordon-Lennox Descendancy chart to this point (10.Charles3, 6.Frederick2, 1.Charles1) was born in 1967.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: The Olde Rectory, Presteigne, Powys, Wales

    Louisa married Benjamin Collings on 1 Nov. 1997. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. Felicity Grace Collings  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 2000.
    2. 27. George Cecil Collings  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Dec. 2003.
    3. 28. Archibald Nicholas Collings  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 2005.
    4. 29. Catherine Monica Collings  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 2007.

  6. 17.  Sarah Caroline Gordon-Lennox Descendancy chart to this point (11.Nicholas3, 6.Frederick2, 1.Charles1) was born on 20 June 1960.

    Sarah married Dominic Caldecott in 1988. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 30. Frederick Arthur Nicholas Caldecott  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1989.
    2. 31. Thomas Andrew Caldecott  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1989.
    3. 32. Rufus George Caldecott  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1993.
    4. 33. Violet Caldecott  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1997.

  7. 18.  Henrietta Mary Gordon-Lennox Descendancy chart to this point (11.Nicholas3, 6.Frederick2, 1.Charles1) was born on 8 Jan. 1962.

    Family/Spouse: Michael J. Lindsell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 34. Albert James Lindsell  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1993.
    2. 35. Arthur Richard Lindsell  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Oct. 1996.
    3. 36. Alice Elizabeth Anne Lindsell  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 March 1998.

  8. 19.  Lucy Elizabeth Gordon-Lennox Descendancy chart to this point (11.Nicholas3, 6.Frederick2, 1.Charles1) was born on 28 Dec. 1965.

    Lucy married Mark Ralph Delano Cornell on 7 Dec. 1996. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 37. Ralph Nicholas Cornell  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 July 1999.
    2. 38. Harry Charles Delano Cornell  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 2000.
    3. 39. Lettice Elizabeth Mary Cornell  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 2000.
    4. 40. Rose Céleste Cornell  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 2005.

  9. 20.  Anthony Charles Gordon-Lennox Descendancy chart to this point (11.Nicholas3, 6.Frederick2, 1.Charles1) was born on 29 April 1969; died on 7 Oct. 2017.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: From 1996; Chief Broadcasting Officer, Conservative Central Office



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