Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox
Lord Alexander Francis Charles Gordon-Lennox (14 June 1825 – 22 January 1892), was a British Conservative politician.
Background
Gordon-Lennox was the fourth son of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, and Lady Caroline, daughter of Field Marshal Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey. Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond and Lord Henry Lennox were his elder brothers and Lord George Gordon-Lennox his younger brother.
Political career
Gordon-Lennox was elected Member of Parliament for New Shoreham in 1849, a seat he held until 1859. He was also a Captain in the Royal Horse Guards.
Family
Gordon-Lennox married Emily, daughter of Colonel Charles Towneley and Lady Caroline Molyneux, in 1863. The marriage produced one son, Cosmo Charles Gordon-Lennox (1869-1921), who married Marie Etherington, before dying childless. Lord Alexander died in January 1892, aged 66. His wife died in December of the same year.
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