Lord Arthur Lennox

Lennox was born on 2 October 1806 as the seventh and youngest son of fourteen children born to Lady Charlotte Gordon and Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, the Governor General of British North America and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

[1] His paternal grandparents were General Lord George Lennox (the younger son of the 2nd Duke of Richmond) and Lady Louisa Kerr (a daughter of the 4th Marquess of Lothian).

Among his extended family was nephew, Lord Henry Lennox, who succeeded him as MP for Chichester in 1846.

[2] Upon his elder brother, the 5th Duke of Richmond, joining Lord Grey's ministry in 1831, Lennox was returned for Chichester in 1831.

In his will, he left "the whole of his property, both real and personal" to his widow,[12] who died on 14 August 1888 at their daughter's residence, Swallowfield Park.

Mural monument to Lord Arthur Lennox, Chichester Cathedral
Tombstone of Lord Arthur Lennox, Brompton Cemetery , London