Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond

Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond and Lennox and 2nd Duke of Gordon, KG, GCVO (27 December 1845 – 18 January 1928) was a British politician and peer. He was the son of Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond and Frances Harriett Greville. His first wife was Amy Mary Ricardo (whose father was of Dutch Sephardic Jewish descent, the match possibly influenced by Lord George Gordon and Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield), with whom he had his first son, who later became the 8th Duke of Richmond, along with four other children. After her death, he married Isabel Sophie Craven, with whom he had three more children.

Gordon-Lennox was born in Portland Place, London, England. Between 1859 and 1863, he was educated at Eton. He joined the Grenadier Guards two years later, although he retired in 1869 after he was elected as member of Parliament (MP) for Sussex West. He represented that constituency until it was abolished for the 1885 general election, when he was returned to the House of Commons for the Chichester constituency. He held his seat until 1889. Around this time, he entered his position as an Ecclesiastical Commissioner, in which he served until 1903. He and his brother, Algernon Gordon-Lennox, served in the South African War.

On 27 September 1903, Gordon-Lennox succeeded his father as 7th Duke of Richmond and Lennox and 2nd Duke of Gordon (2nd creation). In 1904, King Edward VII made him a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order and a Knight of the Order of the Garter. He also served as Lord Lieutenant in a few counties. After his death, he was buried in Chichester Cathedral.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by: Henry Wyndham and Sir Walter Barttelot	Member of Parliament for Sussex West with Sir Walter Barttelot 1860-85 1869–1885	Succeeded by: Constituency divided
Preceded by: The Lord Henry Lennox	Member of Parliament for Chichester 1885–1889	Succeeded by: The Lord Walter Lennox
Honorary Titles
Preceded by: The Duke of Richmond	Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire 1903–1928	Succeeded by: Sir John Ritchie Findlay, 1st Bt.
Preceded by: The Duke of Fife	Lord Lieutenant of Elginshire 1903–1928	Succeeded by: The Duke of Richmond

Preceded by: Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox	Duke of Richmond 1903–1928	Succeeded by: Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox