Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond
His Grace The Duke of Richmond | |
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Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex | |
In office 23 March 1990 – 29 March 1994 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Preceded by | The Duchess of Norfolk |
Succeeded by | Sir Phillip Ward |
Member of the House of Lords as Duke of Richmond | |
In office 2 November 1989 – 11 November 1999 | |
Preceded by | Frederick, 9th Duke of Richmond |
Succeeded by | Charles Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond |
Personal details | |
Born | 19 September 1929 |
Died | 1 September 2017 | (aged 87)
Spouse |
Susan Grenville-Grey (m. 1951) |
Children | 5, including: |
Parents |
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Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond, 10th Duke of Lennox, 10th Duke of Aubigny, 5th Duke of Gordon (19 September 1929 – 1 September 2017), styled Lord Settrington until 1935 and Earl of March and Kinrara between 1935 and 1989, was an English peer and landowner.
The son of Frederick Gordon-Lennox, 9th Duke of Richmond, he succeeded to the titles when his father died in 1989. The seat of the Dukes of Richmond is Goodwood House in Sussex. The 10th Duke moved to the smaller Molecomb House nearby when his son Lord March took over control of the estate and moved into the main house with his family.[1]
Career
The Duke was educated at
He held a number of civic, business and church appointments, including Chancellor of the
In 2006, he founded Sussex Community Foundation in response to severe social deprivation that he had observed throughout Sussex. In his own words:[4]
It is, in my view, a scandal that there are areas in Sussex which are in the bottom 20% of national measures of social deprivation. At the same time, when local people or companies think of giving to charity they tend to think of large national bodies, because little is known about the small community groups on their doorsteps.
Family
The then Earl of March married in 1951
- Lady Ellinor Caroline Gordon-Lennox (28 July 1952)
- Charles Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond (8 January 1955). He married Sally Clayton on 3 July 1976 and was divorced in 1989. They have one daughter. He remarried Hon. Janet Elizabeth Astor (daughter of William Waldorf Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor) in 1991. They have four children.
- Lady Louisa Elizabeth Gordon-Lennox (14 March 1967). She married Benjamin "Ben" Collings on 1 November 1997. They have four children.
The Duke and Duchess, then Earl and Countess of March, attracted press attention when they adopted two girls of mixed race during a time of anti-immigrant sentiment and when interracial marriage was frowned upon:
- Lady Maria Gordon-Lennox (1959). She married Mr. Handy. They have one daughter:[3]
- Michaela Handy
- Lady Naomi Gordon-Lennox (1962). She married Gavin Burke in 1999 and they were divorced. They have three children.
Both girls were born in England to white mothers, with a Ghanaian and a black South African father respectively.
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References
- ^ "Relative Values: The Duke of Richmond and Nimmy March". The Sunday Times. 9 January 2005. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014.
- ^ a b Who's Who 1996
- ^ a b c "Duke of Richmond – The man beneath the Panama". Chichester Observer. 21 November 2008. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "Our history - Sussex Community Foundation".
- ^ "Forms of address: Courtesy Titles". Debrett's.