Charles Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond

Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond

Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond (born January 8, 1955 ) is a British peer and promoter of motorsport .

Life

He is the son of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond , and his wife Susan Monica Grenville-Gray. From his birth he carried the courtesy title Lord Settrington , from 1989 the courtesy title Earl of March and Kinrara . When his father died on September 1, 2017, he inherited his title of nobility as 11th Duke of Richmond , 11th Duke of Lennox , 6th Duke of Gordon etc.

He was educated at Eton College in Berkshire . He worked as a photographer and is now also involved in managing the family estates around Goodwood House . There he founded the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 1993 and the Goodwood Revival Festival in 1998 on the Goodwood Circuit once built by his grandfather .

Marriages and offspring

In 1976 he married Sally Clayton for the first time. The marriage ended in divorce in 1989. From the marriage a daughter emerged:

• Lady Alexandra Gordon-Lennox (* 1985)

In 1991 he was second married to the Hon. Janet Elizabeth Astor, daughter of William Waldorf Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor . He has four children with her:

• Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March and Kinrara (* 1994)
• Lord William Rupert Charles Gordon-Lennox (* 1996)
• Lord Frederick Lysander Charles Gordon-Lennox (* 2000)
• Lady Eloise Cordelia Sky Gordon-Lennox (* 2000)

Web links

• Charles Henry Gordon Lennox, Earl of March and Kinrara at thepeerage.com

predecessor	Office	successor
Charles Gordon-Lennox	Duke of Richmond Duke of Lennox Duke of Gordon 2017 – present	current title holder