Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond

His Grace
The Duke of Richmond

Portrait by Allan Warren
Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex
In office
23 March 1990 – 29 March 1994
Monarch Elizabeth II
Preceded by The Duchess of Norfolk
Succeeded by Sir Phillip Ward
Member of the House of Lords
as Duke of Richmond
In office
2 November 1989 – 11 November 1999
Preceded by Frederick, 9th Duke of Richmond
Succeeded by House of Lords Act 1999
Personal details
Born (1929-09-19) 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 an English peer and landowner.

The son of Frederick Gordon-Lennox, 9th Duke of Richmond, he succeeded to the titles when his father died in 1989. The seat of the Dukes of Richmond is Goodwood House in Sussex. The present Duke moved to a smaller house nearby when his son Lord March took over control of the estate and moved into the main house with his family.[1]

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

The then Earl of March married Susan Monica Grenville-Grey (b. 1932) in 1951. They had five children, including two adopted daughters.

The Duke and Duchess, then the Earl and Countess of March, attracted press attention when they adopted two girls of mixed race during a time of anti-immigrant sentiment and when interracial marriage was frowned upon. Maria and Naomi were both born in England to white mothers, with a Ghanaian and a black South African father respectively.[3] Adopted children of peers were not allowed to use courtesy titles until a Royal Warrant issued in April 2004 meant that Maria and Naomi were allowed to be called Lady, as daughters of a duke.[4]

Titles

Ancestry

Arms

References

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

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Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Duchess of Norfolk		 Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex
1990–1994 		Succeeded by
Sir Philip Ward
Peerage of England
Preceded by
Frederick Gordon-Lennox		 Duke of Richmond
3rd creation
1989–present 		Incumbent
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
Frederick Gordon-Lennox		 Duke of Lennox
2nd creation
1989–present 		Incumbent
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Frederick Gordon-Lennox		 Duke of Gordon
2nd creation
1989–present 		Incumbent
French nobility
Preceded by
Frederick Gordon-Lennox		 Duke of Aubigny
1989–present 		Incumbent
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by
His Grace The Duke of Somerset		 Gentlemen Succeeded by
His Grace The Duke of Grafton
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