| The Right Honourable Lord Henry Lennox PC |
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| Caricature by Ape published in Vanity Fair in 1870. | |
| First Secretary of the Admiralty | |
| In office 16 July 1866 – 1 December 1868 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Derby Benjamin Disraeli |
| Preceded by | Thomas Baring |
| Succeeded by | William Edward Baxter |
| First Commissioner of Works | |
| In office 21 March 1874 – 14 August 1876 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Benjamin Disraeli |
| Preceded by | William Patrick Adam |
| Succeeded by | Hon. Gerard Noel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 November 1821 |
| Died | 29 August 1886 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Amelia Brooman (d. 1903) |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Lord Henry George Charles Gordon-Lennox PC (2 November 1821 – 29 August 1886), known as Lord Henry Lennox, was a British Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1846 to 1885 and was a close friend of Benjamin Disraeli.
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Lennox was the third son of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, and Lady Caroline, daughter of Field Marshal Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey. He was the brother of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox and Lord George Gordon-Lennox. He was educated at The Prebendal School, Chichester, then University of Oxford.[1]
Lennox entered the House of Commons in 1846 as Member of Parliament for Chichester, in Sussex. He represented this constituency until 1885,[2] when he stood for Partick, but was defeated.[3]
Lennox held office in every Conservative government between 1852 and 1876. He was a Junior Lord of the Treasury in 1852 and between 1858 and 1859 in the first two short-lived governments of the Earl of Derby before becoming First Secretary of the Admiralty in 1866 in Derby's last government, a post he held until 1868, the last year under the premiership of his close friend Benjamin Disraeli. According to John F. Beeler in British naval policy in the Gladstone-Disraeli era, 1866-1880, Lennox acted as a spy to the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Disraeli, informing him of the intentions of leading admirals.[4]
He served again under Disraeli as First Commissioner of Works from 1874 to 1876[5] and was admitted to the Privy Council in 1874.[6] He was forced to resign as First Commissioner of Works after revelations in the case of Twycross v Grant regarding the Lisbon Tramways swindle, of which company he was a director.[7][8]
Lennox married Amelia Susannah (née Brooman), widow of John White, in 1883. They had no children. He died in August 1886, aged 64. Lady Henry Lennox died in February 1903.[1]
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by John Abel Smith Lord Arthur Lennox |
Member of Parliament for Chichester 1846–1885 With: John Abel Smith 1846–1859 Humphrey William Freeland 1859–1863 John Abel Smith 1863–1868 (representation reduced to one member 1868) |
Succeeded by The Earl of March |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Thomas Baring |
First Secretary of the Admiralty 1866–1868 |
Succeeded by William Edward Baxter |
| Preceded by William Patrick Adam |
First Commissioner of Works 1874–1876 |
Succeeded by Hon. Gerard Noel |