Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond

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Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox KG (March 7, 1639 – December 1672) was the son of George Stewart, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny and Katherine Howard, daughter of Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk.

He married, firstly, Elizabeth Rogers, after June 1659. He married, secondly, Margaret Banaster, on 31 March 1662. He married, thirdly, Frances Teresa Stewart, grand-daughter of Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre, in March 1667. This last marriage was famous, as Frances Stewart had been desired by Richmond's cousin, King Charles II, as a mistress.

He died (by drowning) in 1672, aged 33 at Elsinore, without issue, and his titles became extinct. He was buried on 20 September 1673 at Westminster Abbey.

The title Duke of Richmond, along with the titles Duke of Lennox and Earl of March, was resurrected for Charles II's illegitimate son by Louise de Kérouaille, Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox, in 1675.

See Earl of Lichfield and Baron Clifton.

Honorary Titles
Preceded by Interregnum	Lord Lieutenant of Dorset 1660–1667?	Succeeded by The Earl of Shaftesbury
Preceded by ?	Lord Lieutenant of Kent 1668–1672	Succeeded by The Earl of Winchilsea
Preceded by Esmé Stewart	Duke of Richmond 1660–1672	Succeeded by Extinct
	Duke of Lennox 1660–1672
	Earl of March 1660–1672
	Earl of Lichfield 1645–1672
Peerage of England
Preceded by Mary Butler	Baron Clifton 1668–1672	Succeeded by Katherine O'Brien