Lord Arthur Lennox (2 October 1806 – 15 January 1864) was a British politician. He was the youngest son of the 4th Duke of Richmond and the uncle of Lord Henry Lennox. Lennox was commissioned into the

71st Foot The 71st Regiment of Foot was a Highland regiment in the British Army, raised in 1777. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot to become the 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry in 1881. History ...

. He was promoted lieutenant in 1825, major in 1838 and

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in 1842. He transferred to the

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in 1843, to the

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in 1845, and to the 68th Foot in 1852. He was made lieutenant-colonel-commandant of the

Royal Sussex Light Infantry Militia The Royal Sussex Light Infantry Militia, later the 3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, was an auxiliary regiment raised in Sussex on the South Coast of England. From its formal creation in 1778 the regiment served in home defence in all of Brita ...

in 1860. On 1 July 1835 he married Adelaide Constance Campbell, daughter of Colonel John Campbell of Shawfield and the writer

Lady Charlotte Bury Lady Charlotte Susan Maria Bury (née Campbell; 28 January 1775 – 1 April 1861) was an English novelist, who is chiefly remembered in connection with a ''Diary illustrative of the Times of George IV'' (1838). Life Lady Charlotte Susan Maria ...

. They had four children: * Constance Charlotte Elisa Lennox (March 1836 – 20 June 1925), married

Sir George Russell, 4th Baronet Sir George Russell, 4th Baronet (23 August 1828 – 7 March 1898) was a British barrister and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1898. Russell was the third son of Sir Henry Russell, 2nd Baronet and his wife Mari ...

and had issue * Ada Fanny Susan Lennox (1840 – 22 November 1881)Photo 25, "Miss A. Lennox"
''The Eastern Window''. Retrieved 15 January 2022. * Ethel Lennox * Arthur Charles Wriothesley Lennox (1842 – 12 October 1876) Lennox was buried in

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, London.

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The Peerage – Person page 7927
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