Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond

Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond KG ( born December 9, 1764 † August 28, 1819 ) was a British nobleman.

Charles was a son of George Henry, Lord Lennox, and his wife Louisa Kerr. He was a member of the House of Sussex ( 1790-1806 ). This year, he followed his uncle Charles Lennox after his death as Duke of Richmond and duc d' Aubigny.

The following year, he was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He participated as an officer in the Napoleonic Wars, most recently he commanded as a general in the campaign of 1815, the reserve that protected Brussels. Like his grandfather, he was an avid supporter of the cricket sport.

1818 went Lennox as Governor General to Upper Canada. There he died the following year from rabies after a fox bite.

The Duke married in 1789 Charlotte ( 1768-1842 ), a daughter of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, with whom he had the following children:

• Charles (1791-1860), 5th Duke of Richmond
• Mary (1792-1847); Charles Augustus FitzRoy ∞ 1820
• John George (1793-1873); ∞ 1818 Louisa Fredericka Rodney
• Sarah (1794-1873); ∞ 1815 Peregrine Maitland
• Georgiana (1795-1891); ∞ 1824 William FitzGerald -de Ros, 23rd Baron de Ros
• Henry Adam (1797-1812)
• William Pitt (1799-1881); ∞ 1 1824 Mary Anne Paton, 2 1854 Ellen Smith
• Jane (1800-1861); ∞ 1822 Laurence Peel
• Frederick (1801-1829)
• Sussex (1802-1874); ∞ 1828 Mary Margaret Lawless
• Louisa Maddalena (1803-1900); ∞ 1825 William Frederick Fownes Tighe
• Charlotte (1804-1831); Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley ∞ 1823, 1st Baron Fitzhardinge of Bristol
• Arthur (1806-1864); ∞ 1835 Adelaide Constance Campbell
• Sophia Georgiana (1809-1902), married in 1838 Thomas Cecil

Trivia

The City of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, is named alongside several other towns after the Duke, which should be driven through 1819.