Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox


Lord Alexander Francis Charles Gordon-Lennox was a British Conservative politician and aristocrat.

Background

Gordon-Lennox was born at Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, the fourth son of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, and Lady Caroline, daughter of Field Marshal Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey. Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond and Lord Henry Lennox were his elder brothers and Lord George Gordon-Lennox his younger brother. Alexander was born with the surname Lennox; when his father inherited the Gordon estates from his uncle, the father took the surname Gordon-Lennox for himself and his issue, by royal licence dated 9 August 1836.

Political career

Gordon-Lennox was elected Member of Parliament for New Shoreham in 1849, a seat he held until 1859. He was also a Captain in the Royal Horse Guards.

Family

Gordon-Lennox married Emily Frances Towneley, daughter of Colonel Charles Towneley and Lady Caroline Molyneux of Towneley Hall, Burnley, in 1863. They had two children, one surviving:
After a long illness, Lord Alexander died in 1892 at his house at 21 Pont Street, Chelsea, aged 66. His wife died of typhoid fever on New Year's Eve of the same year.