Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond

His Grace The Duke of Richmond
Portrait by Allan Warren
Duke of Richmond Duke of Lennox Duke of Aubigny (France) Duke of Gordon
Preceded by	Frederick Gordon-Lennox, 9th Duke of Richmond
Personal details
Born	19 September 1929
Spouse(s)	Susan Monica née Grenville-Grey
Parents	Frederick Gordon-Lennox, 9th Duke of Richmond Elizabeth Grace née Hudson

Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond, 10th Duke of Lennox, 10th Duke of Aubigny, 5th Duke of Gordon (born 19 September 1929), styled Lord Settrington until 1935 and Earl of March and Kinrara between 1935 and 1989, is a British Peer.

The son of Frederick Gordon-Lennox, 9th Duke of Richmond, he succeeded to the titles in 1989. The seat of the Dukes of Richmond is Goodwood House in Sussex. The Duke moved to a smaller house nearby when his son took over management of the Goodwood Estate.^[1] Lord March and his family currently live at Goodwood.

Career

The Duke was educated at Eton College and William Temple College, a now defunct Church of England theological college (see William Temple Foundation). He was a 2nd Lieutenant in the 60th Rifles from 1949 to 1950. He is a Chartered Accountant and spend nearly two decades working in the corporate world.^[2][3]

Richmond has held a number of civic, business and church appointments, including Chancellor of the University of Sussex from 1985 to 1998, and Church Commissioner from 1963 to 1976; member of the General Synod of the Church of England from 1960 to 1980 and on committees of the World Council of Churches. He was a Deputy Lieutenant of West Sussex from 1975 until 1990, and Lord Lieutenant from 1990 to 1994. ^[2] He is also a patron of Prisoners Abroad, a charity supporting the welfare of Britons imprisoned overseas and their families.

Family

• Lady Ellinor Caroline Gordon-Lennox (b. 28 July 1952)
• Charles Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March and Kinrara (b. 8 January 1955); married with issue
• Lady Maria Gordon-Lennox (b. 1959); married (has since divorced) with issue^[3]
• Lady Naomi Gordon-Lennox (b. 1962), actress better known as Nimmy March, married (has since divorced) with issue
• Lady Louisa Gordon-Lennox (b. 1967); married with issue

The Duke and Duchess, then the Earl and Countess of March, caused a stir when they adopted two girls of mixed race during a time of anti-immigrant sentiment and when interracial marriage was frowned upon. Lady Maria and Lady Naomi were both born in the UK to a Ghanaian father and a Black South African father respectively and White Caucasian mothers.^[3] Adopted children of peers were not allowed to take on courtesy titles until a Royal Warrant issued in April 2004 meant that Maria and Naomi were allowed to use the title Lady as children of a Duke.^[4]

Titles

• Lord Settrington (1929–1935)
• Earl of March and Kinrara (1935–1989)
• His Grace The Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon (1989–present)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond

16. Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox, 1st Duke of Gordon, 6th Duke of Aubigny               8. Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond, 7th Duke of Lennox, 2nd Duke of Gordon, 7th Duke of Aubigny                       17. Frances Greville               4. Charles Gordon-Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond, 8th Duke of Lennox, 3rd Duke of Gordon, 8th Duke of Aubigny                             18. Percy Ricardo               9. Amy Ricardo                       19. Matilda Hensley               2. Frederick Gordon-Lennox, 9th Duke of Richmond, 9th Duke of Lennox, 4th Duke of Gordon, 9th Duke of Aubigny                                   20. Thomas Brassey               10. Henry Brassey                       21. Maria Harrison               5. Hilda Brassey                             22. George Stevenson               11. Anna Stevenson                       1. Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond, 10th Duke of Lennox, 5th Duke of Gordon, 10th Duke of Aubigny                                         6. Rev. Thomas Hudson                             3. Elizabeth Hudson                                   Charles Matheson                       7. Alethea Matheson                             Henry Hayter               Alethea Hayter                       Eliza Jane Heylyn

Arms

Arms of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond

Coronet A coronet of a Duke Crest 1st, a Bull's Head erased Sable horned Or; 2nd, on a Chapeau Gules turned up Ermine a Lion statant guardant Or crowned with a Ducal Coronet Gules and gorged with a Collar company of four pieces Argent charged with eight Roses Gules and the last; 3rd, out of a Ducal Coronet a Stag's Head affrontée proper attired with ten Tynes Or Escutcheon Quarterly: 1st and 4th grand quarters, the Royal Arms of Charles II (viz. quarterly: 1st and 4th, France and England quarterly; 2nd, Scotland; 3rd, Ireland); the whole within a Bordure company Argent charged with Roses Gules barbed and seeded proper and the last; overall an Escutcheon Gules charged with three Buckles Or (the Dukedom of Aubigny); 2nd grand quarter, Argent a Saltire engrailed Gules between four Roses of the second barbed and seeded proper (Lennox); 3rd grand quarter, quarterly, 1st, Azure three Boars' Heads couped Or (Gordon); 2nd, Or three Lions' Heads erased Gules (Badenoch); 3rd, Or three Crescents within a Double Tressure flory counter-flory Gules (Seton); 4th, Azure three Cinquefoils Argent (Fraser) Supporters Dexter: an Unicorn Argent armed, crined and unguled Or; Sinister: an Antelope Argent, also armed, crined and unguled Or, each supporter gorged with a Collar company as the crest Motto Over the 1st crest, Avant Darnlie; over the 2nd crest, En La Rose Je Fleuris; and over the 3rd crest, Bydand

References

1. "Relative Values: The Duke of Richmond and Nimmy March". The Sunday Times. 9 January 2005.
2. Who's Who 1996
3. "Duke of Richmond - The man beneath the Panama". Chichester Observer. 21 November 2008.
4. "Forms of address: Courtesy Titles". Debrett's.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Duke of Richmond