Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond, 8th Duke of Lennox, 3rd Duke of Gordon (30 December 1870 – 7 May 1935), known as Lord Settrington 1870–1903, and as Earl of March 1903–1928, was a British
peer
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and politician.
Biography
Lord Settrington was the son of
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond
Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond and Lennox, 2nd Duke of Gordon, (27 December 1845 – 18 January 1928), 7th Duke of Aubigny ( French peerage in the French nobility), styled Lord Settrington until 1860 and Earl of March between ...
(at the time known as Earl of March, as his father, the 6th Duke was still alive) by his first wife, Amy Mary Ricardo (1849–1879), daughter of Percy Ricardo, of
Bramley Park
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and Mathilde Hensley. He was styled as Earl of March when his father held the dukedom, and inherited the dukedom upon his father's death in 1928, holding the title for only seven years.
He was promoted to
captain
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while in the service of the 3rd (
Militia
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) Battalion,
Royal Sussex Regiment
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. In December 1899 he was seconded as a staff officer, and appointed an
Aide-de-camp to
Lord Roberts, Commander-in-Chief of the forces in
South Africa
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during the early part of the
Second Boer War
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. He was appointed
Lieutenant-Colonel
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in command of the
Sussex Yeomanry
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on 8 July 1914, just before the outbreak of
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
.
[''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,'' 100th Edn, London, 1953.]
Family
Lord Settrington married
Hilda Madeline Brassey (1872 – 29 December 1971) on 8 June 1893; they had five children:
* Lady Amy Gwendolin Gordon-Lennox (5 May 1894 – 27 April 1975); married, on,
Sir James Stuart Coats, 3rd Bt.
* The Hon. Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox (15 August 1895 – 5 September 1895)
* Lady Doris Hilda Gordon-Lennox (6 September 1896 – 5 February 1980); married Commander Clare George Vyner. She was a close friend of
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 as the wife of King George VI. She was th ...
.
* (26 January 1899 – 24 August 1919 of war wounds)
*
Frederick Charles Gordon-Lennox, 9th Duke of Richmond, 9th Duke of Lennox, 4th Duke of Gordon (5 February 1904 – 2 November 1989)
Ancestry
References
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Charles Gordon-Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond
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1870 births
1935 deaths
Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
Deputy Lieutenants of Banffshire
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Charles
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Irish Guards officers
Richmond
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Members of the Royal Victorian Order
Lord-Lieutenants of Moray
Deputy Lieutenants of Moray
Deputy Lieutenants of Sussex
British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
Royal Sussex Regiment officers
British Army personnel of World War I