LENNOX, LORD (JOHN) GEORGE, brother of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond (qv); b. 3 Oct 1793; adm.; left 1811; Cornet, 13th Light Dragoons 24 Oct 1811; 9th Light Dragoons 13 Feb 1812; Lieut., 14 Jan 1813; Capt., 3rd Garrison Battn., 9 Nov 1815; 9th Light Dragoons (subsequently Lancers) 27 Jun 1816; Maj., 25 Oct 1817; Lieut. -Col., unattached, half-pay 12 Jun 1823; Lieut. -Col, 6th Dragoons 15 Jun 1830; retd. Jul 1832; served in Peninsular War; ADC to Duke of Wellington at battle of Waterloo; MP Chichester 22 Nov 1819-31, Sussex 1831-2, West Sussex 1832-41; entered parliament as a Tory, supported Whig government of 1830-4, thereafter again a Tory supporter; m. 29 Jun 1818 Louisa Frederica, fourth dau. of Hon. John Rodney MP; d. 10 Nov 1873.
LENNOX, LORD HENRY ADAM, brother of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox (qv); b. 6 Sep 1797; adm. 14 Sep 1807; left 1809; Midshipman, Royal Navy; fell overboard from HMS Blake and drowned near Port Mahon, Minorca 15 Feb 1812.
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, LORD FREDERICK, brother of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox (qv); b. 24 Jan 1801; adm. 11 Sep 1809; left 1814; Ensign, 91st Foot 3 Sep 1818; 62nd Foot 21 Jan 1819; Lieut., 7th Foot 24 Jun 1824; Capt., half-pay, unattached 24 Sep 1825; 7th Foot 19 Sep 1826; retd. 25 Jun 1829; d. unm. 25 Oct 1829.
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, WILLIAM PENRY, son of Richard Lendon (qv); b.; adm. 25 May 1812; left Bartholomewtide 1818; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 18 Apr 1818, aged 19; BA 1823; MA 1826; ordained; Assuistant Secretary, Society for the Propagation of the Gospel 1827-32; m. 9 Jun 1847 Eliza, eldest dau. of Rev. Edward Withers, Bognor, Sussex; d. 3 May 1887. [Presumably close kin to Charles Lendon, adm. same day].