General Lord George Henry Lennox (29 November 1737 – 25 March 1805) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1761 to 1790.

Early life

He was the second son of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond, and was a great-grandson of King

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. He was a brother of the famous Lennox sisters.

Military career

On 17 December 1751, Lennox was commissioned an ensign in the 2nd Regiment of Foot Guards. He was promoted to be captain of a company in the

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on 23 March 1756. From 1758 to 1762 George Lennox was the Colonel of the

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. In 1757 a second battalion (2nd/33rd) of the 33rd Regiment had been raised. In 1758, this battalion became an independent regiment, the

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. At that time, his elder brother Charles Lennox had been the Colonel of the 33rd and was then appointed Colonel of the new regiment. George Lennox took command of the 33rd Regiment (1st/33rd). At the beginning of May 1758 the 33rd Regiment was stationed in Blandford, Dorset and was then moved to the Isle of Wight to take part in an attack on the

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coast at St Malo on 5 May in the Seven Years' War. On 1 August, both Brothers Regiments (33rd & 72nd) were involved in a highly successful raid on Cherbourg, which resulted in the destruction of 30 French ships, and the capture of 200 guns and rockets, plus a number of French Regimental Colours and a large quantity of booty. After this raid George Lennox and the 33rd Regiment remained inactive, garrisoned on the Isle of Wight on internal security duties. On 29 December 1762, he was appointed Colonel of the

, which he commanded until his death. On 16 February 1784, he was appointed Constable of the Tower of London.

Parliamentary career

He was the Member of Parliament for Chichester from 1761 to 1767 and for

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from 1767 to 1790. He was succeeded in the latter seat by his son. He was appointed a member of the

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in 1784.

Later life

In 1772, he was elected

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Family

Emilia Charlotte Lennox, by John Hoppner

Lord George Lennox married Lady Louisa Kerr, daughter of William Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian in 1759, and they had four children: * Lady Maria Louisa Lennox (2 November 1760 – July 1843). * Lady Emily Charlotte Lennox (December 1763 – 19 October 1832), married Adm. Hon. Sir George Cranfield Berkeley and had issue. *

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(9 September 1764 – 28 August 1819). * Lady Georgiana Lennox (6 December 1765 – 20 January 1841), married Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst. Despite the Hanoverian side taken by his father, George made an arranged marriage for his own son Charles with the heiress of Clan Gordon, a notable

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family.

Ancestry

References

External links

thePeerage.com
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