LENON, EDMUND HENRY, second son of Thomas Bunbury Lenon, Clerk, Board of Control, and Francis, sister of John Edward Jeffreys (qv); b. 26 Aug 1838; adm. 19 Jun 1851 (G); Ensign, 67th Foot 15 Jun 1855; Lieut., 14 Nov 1856; Capt., 8 Nov 1861; retd. 2 Jan 1869, with rank Brevet Maj.; served in China 1860; wounded at taking of Taku Forts and present at surrender of Peking; VC 13 Aug 1861, for distinguished gallantry in swimming the ditches and entering the North Taku Fort; member, London Stock Exchange; a Military Knight of Windsor from Oct 1891 (but did not take up position, as “the authorities were satisfied that his character justified a refusal to grant his admission”, E. H. Fellowes, The Military Knights of Windsor 1352-1944, 109)); m. 22 Oct 1861 Mary Margaret, third dau. of Rev. Crosbie Morgell, Rector of Knoyle, Wilts.; d. 15 Apr 1893.

LENNOX, LORD GEORGE HENRY, brother of Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox (qv); b. 29 Nov 1737; adm. Jan 1748/9 (Levett's); left 1750; Leyden Univ., adm. 6 Feb 1754; Grand Tour (Italy) 1755; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 17 Dec 1751; Capt., 25th Foot 23 Mar 1756; Lieut. -Col., 33rd Foot 8 May 1758; Brevet Col. and ADC to George III 20 Feb 1762; Col., 25th Foot, from 29 Dec 1762; Maj. -Gen., 25 May 1772; Lieut. -Gen., 29 Aug 1777; Gen., 12 Oct 1793; served in Germany 1757, 1760-1, and on expedition to French coast 1758; Brig. with forces in Portugal 1763; his quarrel with Gen. John Mostyn (adm. 1722, qv), Governor of Minorca, gave rise to the celebrated case of Fabrigas v. Mostyn (Howell, State Trials, xx, 81-238); MP Chichester 1761 – Jan 1767, Sussex 3 Feb 1767-90; Secretary to Embassy, Paris Aug 1765 – Jul 1766, Minister Plenipotentiary there Jul – Oct 1766; Privy Councillor 9 Feb 1784; Constable, Tower of London (and Lord Lieut., Tower Hamlets) 10 Feb – Nov 1784; Governor of Plymouth from 30 Oct 1784; m. 25 Dec 1758 Lady Louisa Ker, eldest dau. of William Ker, 4th Marquis of Lothian (S) KT, Gen. in the Army; d. 22 Mar 1805. DNB.

LENNOX, CHARLES, 3RD DUKE OF RICHMOND AND LENNOX, third son of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Lennox KG KB PC, Lieut. -Gen. in the Army, and Lady Sarah Cadogan, elder dau. of William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan (qv); b. 22 Feb 1735; styled Earl of March 1735-50; adm. Apr 1746 (Levett's); his schoolfellow William Cowper (qv) relates seeing him set fire to Vinny Bourne’s “greasy locks and box his ears to put it out again” (Southey, Cowper, iv, 98); left 1750; succeeded father as 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox 8 Aug 1750; Leyden Univ. 28 Oct 1753; Grand Tour (Italy) 1755; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 16 Dec 1751; Capt., 29th Foot 18 Jun 1753; Lieut. -Col., 33rd Foot 7 Jun 1756; Col., 72nd Foot 9 May 1758-63; distinguished himself at battle of Minden 1 Aug 1759; Maj. -Gen., 9 Mar 1761; Lieut. -Gen., 30 Apr 1770; Gen., 20 Nov 1782; Col., Royal Horse Guards, from 15 Jul 1795; Field Marshal 30 Jul 1796; a Lord of the Bedchamber 25 Nov – 8 Dec 1760; Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Paris Aug 1765 – May 1766; Privy Councillor 23 Oct 1765; Secretary of State, Southern Dept., 23 May 1766 – Aug 1767; an opponent of ministerial policy on American colonies; urged removal of Irish grievances; insisted upon reform of Civil List; his Reform Bill, proposing annual parliaments, manhood suffrage and electoral districts, was rejected by House of Lords without a division 3 Jun 1780; Master-Gen. of the Ordnance (with a seat in the Cabinet) 30 Mar 1782 – 3 Apr 1783, 27 Dec 1783 – Feb 1795; KG 19 Apr 1782; became a zealous courtier and opponent of reform; FRS 11 Dec 1755; FSA 6 Jun 1793; Society of Dilettanti 1765; Lord Lieut., Sussex, from 23 Nov 1763; DL Tower Hamlets 1784; a patron of the fine arts; engaged Cipriani and Wilson to teach at a school for the study of painting and sculpture founded by him in the garden of Richmond House, Whitehall; formed a collection of casts for this purpose; his Letter on the Subjecy of a Parliamentary Reform, 1783, passed through numerous editions; m. 1 Apr 1757 Lady Mary Bruce, only child of Charles Bruce, 3rd Earl of Ailesbury and 4th Earl of Elgin; d. 29 Dec 1806. DNB.

LENNARD, THOMAS, son of Sir Stephen Lennard, Bart. , MP, and Elizabeth, widow of John Roy, Woodlands, Dorset, and dau. of Delalynd Hussey, Shapwick, Dorset; b. 7 Mar 1676/7 (check); adm. ; KS 1692.

LENNARD, STEPHEN, brother of Thomas Lennard (qv); bapt. 7 Dec 1677 (check); adm.; KS 1691; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1695, matr. 18 Jun 1695, Westminster Student from 30 Dec 1695; BA 1699; buried West Wickham, Kent 13 Apr 1702.

LENDON, WILLIAM SEYER, eldest son of Abel Lendon (qv), and his second wife; b. 14 Nov 1806; adm. 19 Jan 1821 (Stelfox's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Nov 1824; BA 1829; MA 1839; ordained; Curate to father at Friern Barnet and Totteridge, Herts., to 1839; Rector of Wymington, Beds., from 20 Feb 1839; Rector of Newton Bromswold, Northants, from 10 Sep 1841; d. 21 May 1848.

LENDON, WARREN HASTINGS; b. 18 Jan 1810; adm. 22 Sep 1823 (Stelfox's). [Probably Warren Hastings Seyer Lendon, who m. before May 1843 Mary --- (IGI), and who was doubtless a younger son of Abel Lendon (qv)]

LENDON, RICHARD, son of William Lendon, London; b.; adm. 15 Sep 1777; KS (aged 14) 1782; Capt. of the School 1786; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1787, adm. pens. 8 Jun 1787, scholar 11 Apr 1788; BA 1791; MA 1794; Rector of St. John’s, Clerkenwell, Middlesex 27 Jan 1794-1812; Curate, Pentonville Chapel 1804; Rector of St. Edmund the King, with St. Nicholas Acons, London, from 27 May 1811; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 11 May 1812; m.; d. 15 Nov 1833.

LENDON, ABEL, brother of Richard Lendon (qv); b.; adm. 14 Jan 1782; KS (aged 15) 1787; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1791, matr. 21 Jun 1791, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1791 – void 2 Aug 1799 (marriage); BA 1795; MA 1798; ordained; kept a preparatory school for Westminster at Totteridge, Herts.; Perpetual Curate of Totteridge, Herts.; Rector of Friern Barnet, Middlesex, from 23 Dec 1815; FSA; m. 1st, 15 Jul 1799 ---, dau. of George Fletcher, Old Jewry, London, wine merchant; m. 2nd, 13 Jan 1806 Sibylla, dau. of Rev. Samuel Seyer, Rector of St. Michael’s, Bristol, and headmaster, The Royal Fort School, Bristol; d. 4 Aug 1846.

LENDON, ABEL SEYER, son of Abel Lendon (qv), and his second wife; b. 11 Jul 1808; adm. 27 Jun 1823 (Stelfox's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Dec 1827; BA 1831; MA 1836; ordained deacon 29 Apr 1832, priest 28 Apr 1833 (both Peterborough); Rector of Wymington, Beds., from 1848; d. 9 Jan 1864.