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href="/wiki/His_Grace" class="mw-redirect" title="His Grace">His Grace</a></div><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">The Duke of Richmond</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_of_the_Order_of_the_Garter" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight of the Order of the Garter">KG</a></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">PC</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Gordon-Lennox,_5th_Duke_of_Richmond.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Charles_Gordon-Lennox%2C_5th_Duke_of_Richmond.jpg/220px-Charles_Gordon-Lennox%2C_5th_Duke_of_Richmond.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Charles_Gordon-Lennox%2C_5th_Duke_of_Richmond.jpg/330px-Charles_Gordon-Lennox%2C_5th_Duke_of_Richmond.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Charles_Gordon-Lennox%2C_5th_Duke_of_Richmond.jpg/440px-Charles_Gordon-Lennox%2C_5th_Duke_of_Richmond.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1146" data-file-height="1486" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Portrait by <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Claudet" title="Antoine Claudet">Antoine Claudet</a>, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1860</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Postmaster_General_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postmaster General of the United Kingdom">Postmaster General</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />11 December 1830 – 5 July 1834</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Grey,_2nd_Earl_Grey" title="Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey">The Earl Grey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Montagu,_5th_Duke_of_Manchester" title="William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester">The Duke of Manchester</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Conyngham,_2nd_Marquess_Conyngham" title="Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham">The Marquess Conyngham</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_House_of_Lords" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the House of Lords">Member of the House of Lords</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lords_Temporal" title="Lords Temporal">Lord Temporal</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />28 August 1819 – 21 October 1860<br /><a href="/wiki/Hereditary_peer" title="Hereditary peer">Hereditary peerage</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Lennox,_4th_Duke_of_Richmond" title="Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond">The 4th Duke of Richmond</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Gordon-Lennox,_6th_Duke_of_Richmond" title="Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond">The 6th Duke of Richmond</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Chichester_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chichester (UK Parliament constituency)">Chichester</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1812–1819</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">George White-Thomas</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lord_John_Lennox" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord John Lennox">Lord John Lennox</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Charles Lennox</div><br />3 August 1791<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart bday">1791-08-03</span>)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Richmond_House" title="Richmond House">Richmond House</a>, Whitehall Gardens, London</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">21 October 1860<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend dday deathdate">1860-10-22</span>)</span> (aged 69)<br /><a href="/wiki/Portland_Place" title="Portland Place">Portland Place</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marylebone" title="Marylebone">Marylebone</a>, London</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/British_people" title="British people">British</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ultra-Tories" title="Ultra-Tories">Ultra-Tories</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Lady Caroline Paget (1796–1874)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Gordon-Lennox,_6th_Duke_of_Richmond" title="Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond">Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond</a></li> <li>Caroline Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough</li> <li>Lord Fitzroy Gordon-Lennox</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Henry_Lennox" title="Lord Henry Lennox">Lord Henry Gordon-Lennox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Alexander_Gordon-Lennox" title="Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox">Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augusta_Katherine_Gordon-Lennox" title="Augusta Katherine Gordon-Lennox">Augusta, Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_George_Gordon-Lennox" title="Lord George Gordon-Lennox">Lord George Gordon-Lennox</a></li> <li>Cecilia Bingham, Countess of Lucan</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Lennox,_4th_Duke_of_Richmond" title="Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond">Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Lennox,_Duchess_of_Richmond" title="Charlotte Lennox, Duchess of Richmond">Lady Charlotte Gordon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Trinity_College,_Dublin" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinity College, Dublin">Trinity College, Dublin</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond</b>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100&;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_of_the_Order_of_the_Garter" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight of the Order of the Garter">KG</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100&;"><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">PC</a></span></span> (<i>né</i> <b>Lennox</b>; 3 August 1791 – 21 October 1860), styled the <b>Earl of March</b> from 1806–19, was a Scottish peer, soldier and prominent <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> politician. Upon the death of <a href="/wiki/George_Gordon,_5th_Duke_of_Gordon" title="George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon">his uncle</a> in 1836, he inherited the <a href="/wiki/Clan_Gordon" title="Clan Gordon">Gordon</a> estates and per the terms of the bequest, adopted thus additional surname. His near-complete correspondence is now held at the <a href="/wiki/West_Sussex_Archives" class="mw-redirect" title="West Sussex Archives">West Sussex Archives</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Gordon-Lennox,_5th_Duke_of_Richmond&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gordon-Lennox was born in 1791, the son and heir of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Lennox,_4th_Duke_of_Richmond" title="Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond">Charles Lennox</a> (1764–1819) by his wife, <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Lennox,_Duchess_of_Richmond" title="Charlotte Lennox, Duchess of Richmond">Lady Charlotte Gordon</a>, the eldest child of <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Gordon,_4th_Duke_of_Gordon" title="Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon">Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon</a>. In 1806, his father inherited the Dukedom of Richmond from his uncle the <a href="/wiki/Charles_Lennox,_3rd_Duke_of_Richmond" title="Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond">third duke</a>. From then until his father's death in 1819, Gordon-Lennox was styled <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_March" title="Earl of March">Earl of March</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Courtesy_title" title="Courtesy title">courtesy title</a>, being one of his father's subsidiary titles. </p><p>In 1836, on inheriting the estates of his childless maternal uncle <a href="/wiki/George_Gordon,_5th_Duke_of_Gordon" title="George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon">George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon</a>, he was required by the terms of the bequest to assume the surname of Gordon before that of Lennox;<sup id="cite_ref-EB_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he duly took the surname <b>Gordon-Lennox</b> for himself and his issue, by royal licence dated 9 August 1836.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Gordon-Lennox,_5th_Duke_of_Richmond&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gordon-Lennox was educated at <a href="/wiki/Westminster_School" title="Westminster School">Westminster School</a> in London and <a href="/wiki/Trinity_College,_Dublin" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinity College, Dublin">Trinity College, Dublin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-burkes_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burkes-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_career">Military career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Gordon-Lennox,_5th_Duke_of_Richmond&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Military career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Gordon-Lennox,_5th_Duke_of_Richmond_and_Lennox_by_William_Salter.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Charles_Gordon-Lennox%2C_5th_Duke_of_Richmond_and_Lennox_by_William_Salter.jpg/220px-Charles_Gordon-Lennox%2C_5th_Duke_of_Richmond_and_Lennox_by_William_Salter.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Charles_Gordon-Lennox%2C_5th_Duke_of_Richmond_and_Lennox_by_William_Salter.jpg/330px-Charles_Gordon-Lennox%2C_5th_Duke_of_Richmond_and_Lennox_by_William_Salter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Charles_Gordon-Lennox%2C_5th_Duke_of_Richmond_and_Lennox_by_William_Salter.jpg/440px-Charles_Gordon-Lennox%2C_5th_Duke_of_Richmond_and_Lennox_by_William_Salter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3109" /></a><figcaption>The Duke of Richmond, portrait by <a href="/wiki/William_Salter_(artist)" title="William Salter (artist)">William Salter</a></figcaption></figure> <p>As Earl of March, he served on <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington" title="Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington">Wellington</a>'s staff in the <a href="/wiki/Peninsular_War" title="Peninsular War">Peninsular War</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-EB_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> during which time he volunteered to join the <a href="/wiki/52nd_(Oxfordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot">52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot</a>'s advance storming party on the fortress of <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Ciudad_Rodrigo_(1812)" title="Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1812)">Ciudad Rodrigo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Moorsom_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moorsom-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He formally joined the 52nd Foot in 1813 and took command of a company of soldiers at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Orthez" title="Battle of Orthez">Battle of Orthez</a> in 1814, where he was severely wounded;<sup id="cite_ref-burkes_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burkes-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the musket-ball in his chest was never removed.<sup id="cite_ref-Moorsom_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moorsom-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo" title="Battle of Waterloo">Battle of Waterloo</a> (1815) he was <a href="/wiki/Aide-de-camp" title="Aide-de-camp">aide-de-camp</a> to the <a href="/wiki/William_II_of_the_Netherlands" title="William II of the Netherlands">Prince of Orange</a>, and following the latter's wounding, served as aide-de-camp to Wellington.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was chiefly responsible for the institution in 1847 of the <a href="/wiki/Military_General_Service_Medal" title="Military General Service Medal">Military General Service Medal</a> for all survivors of the campaigns between 1793 and 1814, considered by many belated as hitherto there had only been a <a href="/wiki/Waterloo_Medal" title="Waterloo Medal">Waterloo Medal</a>. He campaigned in Parliament and also enlisted the interest of Queen Victoria.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Richmond himself received the medal with eight clasps.<sup id="cite_ref-Moorsom_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moorsom-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 19 October 1817, he reformed the <a href="/wiki/Goodwood_Troop_of_Yeomanry_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="Goodwood Troop of Yeomanry Artillery">Goodwood Troop of Yeomanry Artillery</a>, originally raised by the 3rd Duke in 1797. The unit supported the cavalry of the <a href="/wiki/Sussex_Yeomanry" title="Sussex Yeomanry">Sussex Yeomanry</a> but was disbanded in December 1827.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Richmond was appointed <a href="/wiki/Colonel#Colonel_of_the_Regiment" title="Colonel">Colonel</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Sussex_Light_Infantry_Militia" title="Royal Sussex Light Infantry Militia">Royal Sussex Light Infantry Militia</a> on 4 December 1819, and <a href="/wiki/Colonel#Colonel_of_the_Regiment" title="Colonel">Colonel-in-Chief</a> of its offshoot the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Sussex_Militia_Artillery" title="Royal Sussex Militia Artillery">Royal Sussex Militia Artillery</a>, on its formation in April 1853.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Gordon-Lennox,_5th_Duke_of_Richmond&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Richmond sat as a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Chichester_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Chichester (UK Parliament constituency)">Chichester</a> between 1812 and 1819.<sup id="cite_ref-EB_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The latter year he succeeded his father in the dukedom and entered the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> where he was a vehement opponent of Roman Catholic emancipation, and later was a leader of the opposition to <a href="/wiki/Sir_Robert_Peel,_2nd_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet">Peel</a>'s free trade policy, as he was the president of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Agricultural_Protection_Society" title="Central Agricultural Protection Society">Central Agricultural Protection Society</a>, which campaigned for the preservation of the <a href="/wiki/Corn_Laws" title="Corn Laws">Corn Laws</a>. Although a vigorous Conservative and <a href="/wiki/Ultra-Tory" class="mw-redirect" title="Ultra-Tory">Ultra-Tory</a> for most of his career, Richmond's anger with Wellington over Catholic Emancipation prompted him to lead the Ultras into joining <a href="/wiki/Charles_Grey,_2nd_Earl_Grey" title="Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey">Earl Grey's</a> reforming <a href="/wiki/Whig_Government_1830%E2%80%931834" class="mw-redirect" title="Whig Government 1830–1834">Whig government</a> in 1830 (Lang, 1999).<sup id="cite_ref-EB_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shield_of_arms_of_Charles_Gordon-Lennox,_5th_Duke_of_Richmond,_KG,_PC.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Shield_of_arms_of_Charles_Gordon-Lennox%2C_5th_Duke_of_Richmond%2C_KG%2C_PC.png/220px-Shield_of_arms_of_Charles_Gordon-Lennox%2C_5th_Duke_of_Richmond%2C_KG%2C_PC.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Shield_of_arms_of_Charles_Gordon-Lennox%2C_5th_Duke_of_Richmond%2C_KG%2C_PC.png/330px-Shield_of_arms_of_Charles_Gordon-Lennox%2C_5th_Duke_of_Richmond%2C_KG%2C_PC.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Shield_of_arms_of_Charles_Gordon-Lennox%2C_5th_Duke_of_Richmond%2C_KG%2C_PC.png/440px-Shield_of_arms_of_Charles_Gordon-Lennox%2C_5th_Duke_of_Richmond%2C_KG%2C_PC.png 2x" data-file-width="1158" data-file-height="1158" /></a><figcaption>Garter-encircled arms of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, KG, PC</figcaption></figure> <p>He served under Grey as <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Postmaster_General" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Postmaster General">Postmaster General</a> between 1830 and 1834.<sup id="cite_ref-burkes_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burkes-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was sworn of the <a href="/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Most_Honourable_Privy_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council">Privy Council</a> in 1830,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 1831 was appointed to serve on the <a href="/wiki/Government_Commission_upon_Emigration" class="mw-redirect" title="Government Commission upon Emigration">Government Commission upon Emigration</a>, which was wound up in 1832.<sup id="cite_ref-stats1838_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stats1838-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Richmond was <a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Sussex" title="Lord Lieutenant of Sussex">Lord Lieutenant of Sussex</a> between 1835 and 1860 and was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Knight_of_the_Garter" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight of the Garter">Knight of the Garter</a> in 1829.<sup id="cite_ref-burkes_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burkes-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marriage_and_children">Marriage and children</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Gordon-Lennox,_5th_Duke_of_Richmond&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Marriage and children"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Charlotte_Paget,_Duchess_of_Richmond_by_Sir_Thomas_Lawrence_1829.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Charlotte_Paget%2C_Duchess_of_Richmond_by_Sir_Thomas_Lawrence_1829.jpg/220px-Charlotte_Paget%2C_Duchess_of_Richmond_by_Sir_Thomas_Lawrence_1829.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="363" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Charlotte_Paget%2C_Duchess_of_Richmond_by_Sir_Thomas_Lawrence_1829.jpg/330px-Charlotte_Paget%2C_Duchess_of_Richmond_by_Sir_Thomas_Lawrence_1829.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Charlotte_Paget%2C_Duchess_of_Richmond_by_Sir_Thomas_Lawrence_1829.jpg/440px-Charlotte_Paget%2C_Duchess_of_Richmond_by_Sir_Thomas_Lawrence_1829.jpg 2x" data-file-width="498" data-file-height="821" /></a><figcaption>Caroline Paget, Duchess of Richmond by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Lawrence" title="Thomas Lawrence">Thomas Lawrence</a> c. 1829</figcaption></figure> <p>On 10 April 1817 he married Lady Caroline Paget (1797 – March 1874), a daughter of <a href="/wiki/Henry_Paget,_1st_Marquess_of_Anglesey" title="Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey">Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey</a> by his wife Lady Caroline Villiers, by whom he had five sons and five daughters: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sons">Sons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Gordon-Lennox,_5th_Duke_of_Richmond&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Sons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Gordon-Lennox,_6th_Duke_of_Richmond" title="Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond">Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond</a> (1818–1903), eldest son and heir;</li> <li>Fitzroy George Charles Gordon-Lennox (11 June 1820 – March 1841), lost at sea aboard <a href="/wiki/SS_President" title="SS President">SS <i>President</i></a>;</li> <li>Rt. Hon. <a href="/wiki/Lord_Henry_Lennox" title="Lord Henry Lennox">Lord Henry Charles George Gordon-Lennox</a> (2 November 1821 – 29 August 1886), married Amelia Brooman and left no children;</li> <li>Captain <a href="/wiki/Lord_Alexander_Gordon-Lennox" title="Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox">Lord Alexander Francis Charles Gordon-Lennox</a> (14 June 1825 – 22 January 1892), married Emily Towneley and left children;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_George_Gordon-Lennox" title="Lord George Gordon-Lennox">Lord George Charles Gordon-Lennox</a> (22 October 1829 – 27 February 1877), married Minnie Palmer and left no children;</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Daughters">Daughters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Gordon-Lennox,_5th_Duke_of_Richmond&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Daughters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Lady Caroline Amelia Gordon-Lennox (18 June 1819 – 30 April 1890), who married <a href="/wiki/John_Ponsonby,_5th_Earl_of_Bessborough" title="John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough">John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough</a>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Edward_of_Saxe-Weimar" class="mw-redirect" title="Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar">Lady Augusta Catherine Gordon-Lennox</a> (14 January 1827 – 3 April 1904), who married <a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward_of_Saxe-Weimar" title="Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar">Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar</a> (1823–1902);</li> <li>Lady Cecilia Catherine Gordon-Lennox (13 April 1838 – 5 October 1910), who married <a href="/wiki/Charles_Bingham,_4th_Earl_of_Lucan" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan">Charles Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan</a>. They are ancestors of <a href="/wiki/Diana,_Princess_of_Wales" title="Diana, Princess of Wales">Diana, Princess of Wales</a>, and of her sons, Princes William, the Prince of Wales, and Harry, Duke of Sussex.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_burial">Death and burial</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Gordon-Lennox,_5th_Duke_of_Richmond&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Death and burial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Gordon-Lennox,_5th_Duke_of_Richmond_memorial,_Chichester_Cathedral,_July_2015_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Charles_Gordon-Lennox%2C_5th_Duke_of_Richmond_memorial%2C_Chichester_Cathedral%2C_July_2015_01.jpg/220px-Charles_Gordon-Lennox%2C_5th_Duke_of_Richmond_memorial%2C_Chichester_Cathedral%2C_July_2015_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Charles_Gordon-Lennox%2C_5th_Duke_of_Richmond_memorial%2C_Chichester_Cathedral%2C_July_2015_01.jpg/330px-Charles_Gordon-Lennox%2C_5th_Duke_of_Richmond_memorial%2C_Chichester_Cathedral%2C_July_2015_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Charles_Gordon-Lennox%2C_5th_Duke_of_Richmond_memorial%2C_Chichester_Cathedral%2C_July_2015_01.jpg/440px-Charles_Gordon-Lennox%2C_5th_Duke_of_Richmond_memorial%2C_Chichester_Cathedral%2C_July_2015_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="4608" /></a><figcaption>Monument to the 5th Duke of Richmond, <a href="/wiki/Chichester_Cathedral" title="Chichester Cathedral">Chichester Cathedral</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Duke died at <a href="/wiki/Portland_Place" title="Portland Place">Portland Place</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marylebone" title="Marylebone">Marylebone</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, in October 1860, aged 69 and was succeeded in the dukedom by his eldest son <a href="/wiki/Charles_Gordon-Lennox,_6th_Duke_of_Richmond" title="Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond">Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond</a> (1818–1903). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Gordon-Lennox,_5th_Duke_of_Richmond&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Duchess_of_Richmond%27s_Ball" class="mw-redirect" title="Duchess of Richmond's Ball">Duchess 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