Lennox, Charles, 3rd Duke of Richmond (1735 -1806)

Charles Lennox was born 2 February 1735, the eldest son of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond, and Sarah, elder daughter and coheir of William Earl Cadogan. He was educated at Westminster School, and afterwards pursued a military career, participating in the Raid on Cherbourg in 1758 and the Battle of Minden in 1759. His regiment, the 72nd Regiment of Foot was disbanded in 1763 at the end of the Seven Years’ War. He was admitted a Fellow of the Royal Society on 11 December 1755. He next turned to politics, and was appointed British ambassador extraordinary in Paris in 1765, and in the following year he became a secretary of state in the Rockingham Whig administration, resigning office on the accession to power of the Earl of Chatham. He initiated the debate in 1778 calling for the removal of the troops from America, He also advocated a policy of concession in Ireland. In 1779 the duke brought forward a motion for retrenchment of the civil list; and in 1780 he embodied in a bill his proposals for parliamentary reform, which included manhood suffrage, annual parliaments and equal electoral areas. In retirement he built the famous racecourse at his the family seat at Goodwood. The adjoining towns of Richmond and Lenox in Massachusetts were named in his honour.

Seat / Residence(s): Goodwood House, Sussex
Stamp(s) Stamp Information
Lennox, Charles, 3rd Duke of Richmond (1735 - 1806) (Stamp 2) Title: Lennox, Charles, 3rd Duke of Richmond (1735 - 1806) (Stamp 2)
Crest: On a chapeau a lion statant gardant crowned
Dimensions (height x width): 28mm x 15mm
Coronet: Duke
Heraldic Charges: chapeau, on a, Heraldic Charges: lion statant gardant
Lennox, Charles, 3rd Duke of Richmond (1735 - 1806) (Stamp 1) Title: Lennox, Charles, 3rd Duke of Richmond (1735 - 1806) (Stamp 1)
Arms: Quarterly 1st & IVth grand quarters Quarterly 1 &4. France and England 2. Scotland 3. Ireland within a bordure compony charged with eight roses
Dimensions (height x width): 29mm x 17mm
Coronet: Duke
Escutcheon of Pretence: A saltire and chief on a canton a lion rampant (Bruce)
Heraldic Charges: bordure compony, Heraldic Charges: canton, on a, Heraldic Charges: chief, Heraldic Charges: France and England, Heraldic Charges: Ireland, Heraldic Charges: lion rampant, Heraldic Charges: saltire, Heraldic Charges: Scotland
Lennox, Charles, 3rd Duke of Richmond (1735 - 1806) (Stamp 3) Title: Lennox, Charles, 3rd Duke of Richmond (1735 - 1806) (Stamp 3)
Crest: On a chapeau a lion statant gardant crowned
Order: Garter
Dimensions (height x width): 46mm x 26mm
Coronet: Duke
Heraldic Charges: chapeau, on a, Heraldic Charges: lion statant gardant