Charles (Lennox), 1st Duke of Richmond

1672 - 1723  (50 years)

• Name	Charles (Lennox)  [1]
  Suffix	1st Duke of Richmond
  Born	29 July 1672	London, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Hereditary Title	From 9 Sept. 1675 to 27 May 1723  [1]
  	1st Baron of Settrington, co. York [E., 1675]
  Hereditary Title	From 9 Sept. 1675 to 27 May 1723  [1]
  	1st Duke of Lennox [S., 1675]
  Hereditary Title	From 9 Sept. 1675 to 27 May 1723  [1]
  	1st Duke of Richmond [E., 1675]
  Hereditary Title	From 9 Sept. 1675 to 27 May 1723  [1]
  	1st Earl of Darnley [S., 1675]
  Hereditary Title	From 9 Sept. 1675 to 27 May 1723  [1]
  	1st Earl of March [E., 1675]
  Hereditary Title	From 9 Sept. 1675 to 27 May 1723  [1]
  	1st Lord of Torboultoun [S., 1675]
  	"Torboltoun" (only) in the patent (Mag. Sig.) as quoted in Wood's Douglas, volume ii, page 688, but "Tarbolton" in Scots Peerage, volume v, page 363, and "Methven of Torboltoun" according to the later peerages. See also Cal. S. P. Dom., 1679–80, page 616.
  Decoration	20 April 1681  [2]
  	Knight of the Order of the Garter (K.G.)
  Office	12 July 1681  [2]
  	Governor of Dumbarton Castle
  Office	1683  [2]
  	High Steward of the City of York
  Naturalisation	22 Jan. 1685	France   [2]
  	By letters patent
  Office	From 1693 to 1702  [2]
  	Aide-de-Camp (A.D.C.) to William III
  	Having served in Flanders as a volunteer in the summer of 1692
  Office	May 1694  [2]
  	Lord High Admiral of Scotland
  Office	From 1714 to 27 May 1723  [2]
  	A Lord of the Bedchamber
  Office	5 Aug. 1715  [2]
  	Privy Councillor, Ireland (P.C. [I.])
  Will	24 May 1723  [3]
  Died	27 May 1723	Goodwood, Sussex, England   [3]
  Buried	7 June 1723	Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England   [3]
  Probate	10 June 1723  [3]
  Burial	16 Aug. 1750	Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, Sussex, England   [3]
  Person ID	I925	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	20 April 2019

  
  

  Father	H.M. Charles II (Stuart), King of Great Britain,   b. 29 May 1630, St. James's Palace, London, England ,   d. 6 Feb. 1685, Palace of Whitehall, London, England  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Louise Renée (de Penancoët de Kérouaille), Duchess of Portsmouth
  Family ID	F506	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Anne Brudenell,   d. 9 Dec. 1722, Whitehall, London, Middlesex, England
  Children	+ 1. General Charles (Lennox), 2nd Duke of Richmond,   b. 18 May 1701, Goodwood, Sussex, England ,   d. 8 Aug. 1750, Godalming, Surrey, England  (Age 49 years)
  Last Modified	23 Sept. 2018
  Family ID	F507	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He professed the Roman Catholic faith, 21 October 1685, but after the Revolution he returned to the Anglican communion, 15 May 1692, taking his seat in the House of Lords, 14 November 1693. [2] He bore the sceptre with the dove at the Coronation of Anne, 23 April 1702. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume X, page 836. [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume X, page 837. [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume X, page 838.