Lieutenant-Colonel Lord John George Lennox (3 October 1793 – 10 November 1873), was a British soldier and
Whig politician.
John George Lennox was born 3 October 1793, the second son of
Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond
General Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, 4th Duke of Lennox, 4th Duke of Aubigny, (9 December 176428 August 1819) was a British peer, soldier, politician and Governor-General of British North America.
Background
Richmond was born to Gene ...
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
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in 1819 (succeeding his father), a seat he held until 1831. He then represented
Sussex
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between 1831 and 1832 and
Sussex West between 1832 and 1842.
He was
Lord of the Bedchamber
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to
Prince Albert
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*Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819–1861), consort of Queen Victoria
*Albert II, Prince of Monaco (born 1958), present head of state of Monaco
Prince Albert may also refer to:
Royalty
* Alb ...
from 1840 until Albert's death in 1861.
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.
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1793 births
1873 deaths
Younger sons of dukes
Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
UK MPs 1818–1820
UK MPs 1820–1826
UK MPs 1826–1830
UK MPs 1830–1831
UK MPs 1831–1832
UK MPs 1832–1835
UK MPs 1835–1837
UK MPs 1837–1841