Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox

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Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox KG (1579 – July 30, 1624) was the son of Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox. He was a patron of the playwright Ben Jonson, who lived in his household for five years.

He married Katherine Clifton, 2nd Baroness Clifton, in 1609. They had eleven children:

• Lady Elizabeth (1610-1674), married the 22nd Earl of Arundel.
• James, later 4th Duke of Lennox (1612–1655)
• Lady Anne Stewart (1614-1646), married Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus.
• Henry, 8th Seigneur d'Aubigny (1616–1632)
• Francis (1616–1617)
• Lady Frances (1617–1694), married the 2nd Earl of Portland.
• Margaret (1618–1618), died young.
• George, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny (1618–1642)
• Ludovic, 10th Seigneur d'Aubigny (1619–1665)
• Lord John (1621–1644)
• Lord Bernard (1623–1645)

He died in 1624 and was interred, on 6 August 1624, in Westminster Abbey. See [1]

Honorary Titles
Preceded by The Lord St John of Bletso	Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire jointly with The Lord St John of Bletso 1619–1624	Succeeded by The Lord St John of Bletso and The Viscount Mandeville
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Ludovic Stewart	Duke of Lennox 1624	Succeeded by James Stewart
Preceded by New Creation	Earl of March 1619–1624