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Lord Alexander Gordon Lennox

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Name
  
Lord Gordon-Lennox

Role
  
Politician

Died
  
January 22, 1892


Lord Alexander Francis Charles Gordon-Lennox (14 June 1825 – 22 January 1892), was a British Conservative politician.

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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 Charles Towneley, in 1863. He died in January 1892, aged 66. His wife died in December of the same year.

References

Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox Wikipedia