| Authorised form of name | Lennox; Charles (1701 - 1750); 2nd Duke of Richmond and Lennox |
| Dates | 1701 - 1750 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Goodwood, Sussex |
| Date of birth | 18 May 1701 |
| Place of death | Godalming, Surrey |
| Date of death | 08 August 1750 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Chichester Cathedral, Sussex |
| Occupation | Courtier; Soldier |
| Activity | Education:
LLD (Cambridge 1728)
Career:
Travelled to Holland, France, Vienna and Italy (1719-1722); Captain in the royal regiment of Horse Guards (1722); MP for Chichester (1722-1723); Aide de Camp to the King (1724-1732); Lord of the Bedchamber (1726-1735); Lord High Constable (1727); Master of the Horse (1735-1750); Privy Councillor (1735); Mayor of Chichester (1735); Brigadier General (1739); one of the Lords Justice Regents of the Realm (1740, 1745, 1748, 1750); Elder Brother of Trinity House (1737-death), Master (1741-1745); Major General (1742); served at the Battle of Dettingen (1743) and against the Jacobite rebels (1745); Lieutenant-General (1745); General (1745); Ambassador to France (1748-1749); High Steward of Chichester (1749)
One of five Fellows who financially supported the settlement of Georgia, contributing funds to the exploratory journeys of Houston and Cumng. Interested in ceramics, and from the time he inherited the dukedom of Aubigny in 1735 he regularly visited the factory at Chantilly.
Honours:
KB 1725; KG 1726
Memberships:
FSA (President 1750); Grand Master of the Freemasons (Grand Lodge of England) (1724-1748); FRCP (1728) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 06/02/1724 |
| Royal Society activity | Royal Society roles:
Council (1730) |
| Relationships | Grandson of Charles II (FRS 1665);
Son of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox, and his wife, Anne, widow of Henry Belasyde, 2nd Baron Belasyde of Warlaby, and daughter of Francis Brudenell, Lord Brudenell, and his wife, Frances, daughter of James Savile, Earl of Sussex; succeeded his father (1723); at the age of 18, married Sarah, 13-year-old daughter of William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan, and his wife, Margaret Cecilia, daughter of John or William Munter, Councillor of the Court of Holland, to cancel a gaming debt between their parents; succeeded to the Dukedom of Aubigny in France on the death of his paternal grandmother, Louise de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth (1734);
father of Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox (FRS 1755) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn; GEC; Sedgwick
References:
John R Millburn, 'Benjamin Martin and the Royal Society' in NR 1973-4 vol 28 pp 15-23
T E Allibone, 'The Diaries of John Byrom, MA, FRS, and their Relation to the Pre-history of the Royal Society Club' in NR 1965 vol 20 pp 162-183
Gentleman's Magazine (1750), p380
Daniels, P, Ramsey, R and Ramsay G 'The George II busts and historic wall bracketts. The motivation, sumbolism and ttechnology by which the models can be dated to 1745-6 and attributed to the first Bow factory in Middlesex'. 2013 pp52
Notes:
Proposed by Sir Hans Sloane (twice). Elected on 18 October 1722 as Earl of March, then again on 6 February 1724 as Duke of Richmond [JB]. Signed Charter-Book only in 1724, as Richmond |
| Royal Society code | NA8418 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| IM/003820 | Lennox, Charles, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Lennox | nd |
| L&P/1/191/1 | Letter, 'On Trembley's polype' from Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond to Martin Folkes | 24 May 1743 |
| L&P/1/191 | Paper, 'On Trembley's polype' from Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond | 24 May 1743 |
| EL/F2/21 | Translation of a letter, from [Charles Francois de Cisternay] Du Fay to Charles the Duke of Richmond and Lenox , dated at Paris | 1733 |
| EL/F2/20 | Letter, from [Charles Francois de Cisternay] du Fay to the Duke of Richmond [Charles Lennox], dated at Paris | 27 December 1733 |
| CLP/16/54 | Paper, regarding a description of an antique metal stamp by Cromwell Mortimer | [1738] |