Lord Arthur Lennox

Funerary monument, Brompton Cemetery, London
Memorial in Chichester Cathedral

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. He was promoted Lieutenant in 1825, Major in 1838 and Lieutenant-Colonel in 1842. He transferred to the 72nd Foot in 1843, to the 6th Foot in 1845, and to the 68th Foot in 1852. He was made Lieutenant-Colonel-Commandant of the Royal Sussex Light Infantry in 1860.

On 1 July 1835 he married Adelaide Constance Campbell, daughter of Colonel John Campbell of Shawfield and the writer Lady Charlotte Bury. They had four children:

He is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Smith
Lord John Lennox
Member of Parliament for Chichester
1831–1846
With: John Abel Smith
Succeeded by
John Abel Smith
Lord Henry Lennox
Preceded by
Charles Edmund Rumbold
William Wilshere
Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth
1847 – 1848
With: Octavius Edward Coope
Succeeded by
Joseph Sandars
Charles Edmund Rumbold
Political offices
Preceded by
John Young
Junior Lord of the Treasury
18441845
Succeeded by
William Cripps
Military offices
Preceded by
Henry George Boldero
Clerk of the Ordnance
1845–1846
Succeeded by
George Anson
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