Lord George Charles Gordon-Lennox (né Lennox; 22 October 1829 – 22 February 1877), was a British
Conservative
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politician.
Background
Gordon-Lennox was the fifth son of
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, (3 August 179121 October 1860), of Goodwood House near Chichester in West Sussex, was a British peer, soldier and prominent Conservative politician.
Origins
He was born "Charles Lennox", the son and ...
and Lady Caroline, daughter of Field Marshal
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey.
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond
Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox, and 1st Duke of Gordon, (27 February 181827 September 1903), styled Lord Settrington until 1819 and then Earl of March until 1860, was a British Conservative politician.
Ba ...
,
Lord Henry Lennox and
Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox were his elder brothers. George was born with the surname Lennox; when his father inherited the Gordon estates from
his uncle, the father took the surname Gordon-Lennox for himself and his issue, by royal licence dated 9 August 1836.
Political career
Gordon-Lennox sat as
Member of Parliament
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for
Lymington
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between 1860 and 1874. He was also a Lieutenant in the
Royal Horse Guards.
Family
Gordon-Lennox married Minnie Augusta, daughter of William Henry Palmer and widow of Edwin Adolphus Cook, in 1875. They had no children. He died in February 1877, aged 47. Lady George Gordon-Lennox remained a widow until her death in September 1913.
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1829 births
1877 deaths
Younger sons of dukes
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
UK MPs 1859–1865
UK MPs 1865–1868
UK MPs 1868–1874