Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond
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Portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller
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| Born |
29 July 1672 London, England |
| Died | 27 May 1723 (aged 50) Sussex, England |
| Title | Duke of Richmond |
| Tenure | 9 August 1675 – 27 May 1723 |
| Other titles | 1st Duke of Lennox 1st Duke of Aubigny (France) 1st Earl of March 1st Earl of Darnley 1st Baron Settrington 1st Lord Torbolton Hereditary Constable of Inverness Castle |
| Successor | Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Belasyse (née Brudenell) |
| Issue | Louisa Lennox Charles Lennox Anne Lennox |
| Parents |
Charles II of England Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth |
Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, 1st Duke of Lennox, 1st Duke of Aubigny (29 July 1672 – 27 May 1723) was the illegitimate son of King Charles II of England and his mistress Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth.
Lennox was created Duke of Richmond, Earl of March and Baron Settrington in the Peerage of England on 9 August 1675 and Duke of Lennox, Earl of Darnley and Lord Torbolton in the Peerage of Scotland on 9 September 1675, and was invested as a Knight of the Garter in 1681. He was appointed Lord High Admiral of Scotland, under reservation of the commission granted to James, Duke of Albany and York (later James VII), as Lord High Admiral for life. The appointment was therefore only effective between 1701 and 1705, when Lennox resigned all his Scottish lands and offices.
It appears that he was Master of a Lodge in Chichester in 1696, and so was one of the few known seventeenth-century freemasons.
He was married to Anne Brudenell (d. 9 December 1722), daughter of Francis, Baron Brudenell on 8 January 1692; with whom he had three children:
By his mistress Jacqueline de Mézières:
He is an ancestor of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and Sarah, Duchess of York. He is also an ancestor of the Earls Spencer of Althorp, Diana, Princess of Wales, and also Diana's sons, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, the heir to the British throne, and his younger brother, Prince Harry.
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