Lord John Lennox

Lieutenant-Colonel Lord John George Lennox (3 October 1793 – 10 November 1873), was a British soldier and Whig politician.

Lennox was the second son of Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, and the former Lady Charlotte Gordon. Lennox joined the Army in 1811 and was an ADC to the Duke of Wellington from 1813, at Waterloo and up to 1818. He was returned to Parliament for Chichester in 1819 (succeeding his father), a seat he held until 1831. He then represented Sussex between 1831 and 1832 and Sussex West between 1832 and 1841.^[1]

He was Lord of the Bedchamber to Prince Albert from 1840 until Albert's death in 1861. ^[2]

Lennox married Louisa Fredericka, daughter of the Hon. John Rodney, in 1818. They had several children, including Major-General Augustus Lennox and General Sir Wilbraham Lennox. She died in January 1865. Lennox survived her by eight years and died in November 1873, aged 80.

References

^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 472. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
^ "LENNOX, Lord John George (1793-1873), of 79 South Audley Street, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 23 November 2017.

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord John Lennox

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by The Earl of March William Huskisson	Member of Parliament for Chichester 1819–1831 With: William Huskisson 1819–1823 William Stephen Poyntz 1823–1830 John Smith 1830–1831	Succeeded by Lord Arthur Lennox John Abel Smith
Preceded by Walter Burrell Herbert Barrett Curteis	Member of Parliament for Sussex 1831–1832 With: Herbert Barrett Curteis	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Sussex West 1832–1841 With: The Earl of Surrey	Succeeded by The Earl of March Charles Wyndham

[craig1832-1885-1] Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 472. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.

[2] "LENNOX, Lord John George (1793-1873), of 79 South Audley Street, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 23 November 2017.

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