Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond
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His Grace The Duke of Richmond |
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Portrait by Allan Warren
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| Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex | |
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In office 23 March 1990 – 29 March 1994 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | The Duchess of Norfolk |
| Succeeded by | Sir Phillip Ward |
| Member of the House of Lords as Duke of Richmond |
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In office 2 November 1989 – 11 November 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Frederick, 9th Duke of Richmond |
| Succeeded by | House of Lords Act 1999 |
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| Born | 19 September 1929 |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Monica née Grenville-Grey |
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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.
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 spent nearly two decades working in the corporate world.
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. He is also a patron of Prisoners Abroad, a charity supporting the welfare of Britons imprisoned overseas and their families.
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