Frederick Gordon-Lennox, 9th Duke of Richmond

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Frederick Gordon-Lennox, 9th Duke of Richmond, 1988

Frederick Charles Gordon-Lennox, 9th Duke of Richmond (born February 5, 1904 , † November 2, 1989 ), was a British nobleman and motor sportsman.

Frederick Charles was the youngest and only surviving son of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond , and his wife Hilda Madeline Brassey. As his father's apparent marriage , he carried the courtesy title Earl of March from 1928 .

He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church College at Oxford University. He then served as a lieutenant in the Royal Tank Corps . Already in his youth he developed an interest in engineering and was an avid motor sportsman who won the Brooklands Double Twelve Race, among other things .

In 1935, when his father died, he inherited his title of nobility as 9th Duke of Richmond , 9th Duke of Lennox , 4th Duke of Gordon and 9th Duc d'Aubigny and thereby became a member of the House of Lords . Due to inheritance tax, he was forced to sell Gordon Castle and the other properties of the family in Scotland.

He designed and flew his own aircraft and fought as a flight lieutenant as a pilot in the Royal Air Force during World War II . After the war he was a lieutenant in the reserve in the Royal Artillery .

After the war he began building a motor racing track on his property; However, the Goodwood Circuit was largely taken out of service again in 1966 because it was not designed for the significantly increased speeds of the vehicles and the safety of drivers and spectators was no longer adequately guaranteed. Today the Goodwood Festival of Speed takes place there. Gordon-Lennox was the longest-serving vice president of the Royal Automobile Club .

In 1927 he married Elizabeth Grace Hudson († 1992), daughter of the Rev. Thomas William Hudson, Vicar of Wendover in Buckinghamshire , with whom he had two sons:

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predecessor Office successor
Charles Gordon-Lennox Duke of Richmond,
Duke of Lennox,
Duke of Gordon
1935-1989 		Charles Gordon-Lennox
personal data
SURNAME Gordon-Lennox, Frederick, 9th Duke of Richmond
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gordon-Lennox, Frederick Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British nobleman and motor sportsman
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1904
DATE OF DEATH November 2nd 1989