Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond
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His Grace The Duke of Richmond KG, PC |
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The Duke of Richmond, 1824.
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In office 11 December 1830 – 5 July 1834 |
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| Monarch | William IV |
| Prime Minister | The Earl Grey |
| Preceded by | The Duke of Manchester |
| Succeeded by | The Marquess Conyngham |
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3 August 1791 Richmond House, Whitehall Gardens, London |
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21 October 1860 (aged 69) Portland Place, Marylebone, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Ultra-Tories |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Caroline Paget (1796–74) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and 5th Duke of Lennox, 5th Duke of Aubigny, KG, PC (3 August 1791 – 21 October 1860), styled Earl of March until 1819, was a British peer, soldier, politician, and a prominent Conservative.
Richmond was the son of Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, and the former Lady Charlotte Gordon. He was educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Dublin.
Richmond (while Earl of March) served on Wellington's staff in the Peninsular War, during which time he volunteered to join the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot's advance storming party on the fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo. He formally joined the 52nd Foot in 1813, and took command of a company of 52nd soldiers at Orthez in 1814, where he was severely wounded; the musket-ball in his chest was never removed. During the Battle of Waterloo he was ADC to the Prince of Orange, and following that man's wounding, served as ADC to Wellington. Richmond was chiefly responsible for the belated institution in 1847 of the Military General Service Medal for all survivors of the campaigns between 1793 and 1814. (There had only hitherto been a Waterloo Medal.) He campaigned in Parliament and also enlisted the interest of Queen Victoria. Richmond himself received the medal with eight clasps.
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