James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond

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James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond, 4th Duke of Lennox (1612–1655) was a Scottish nobleman. He was the eldest son of Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox and his wife Katherine Clifton, 2nd Baroness Clifton.

He married Mary Villiers, daughter of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham.

James Stewart inherited the Dukedom of Lennox on his father's death in July 1624.

[edit] Richmond

The Scottish connection to the earldom of Richmond began in 1613 when Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox, was created Earl of Richmond. He was made Duke of Richmond in 1623, when Cobham Hall and the manor of Cobham, Kent, was granted to him by King James I of England, and became the main residence of the family. Upon his death in February 1624, the Lennox titles descended to his brother Esmé and the Richmond titles became extinct.

In 1641 the nephew of Ludovic Stewart, James, 4th Duke of Lennox, was created Duke of Richmond once again uniting the Scottish and English dukedoms. In 1641–42, he served as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. He was a royalist commander during the English Civil War.

His son Esmé Stewart inherited the Richmond and Lennox titles on James's death, but Esmé died at age 10 in 1660, whereupon both titles descended to Charles Stewart, son of James Stewart's younger brother George Stewart, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny.

[edit] External links

• Anthony van Dyck's paintings of the Duke and his sons

Honorary Titles
Preceded by The Earl of Portland	Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire jointly with The Earl of Southampton 1641–1646 and The Earl of Portland 1635–1646	Succeeded by Interregnum
Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Suffolk	Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1641–1642	Succeeded by Sir Edward Boys
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Esmé Stewart	Duke of Lennox 1624–1655	Succeeded by Esmé Stewart
Peerage of England
Preceded by New Creation	Duke of Richmond 1641–1655	Succeeded by Esmé Stewart