Lord Sussex Lennox
Lord Sussex Lennox was an English cricketer. He was associated with Marylebone Cricket Club and was recorded in one match in 1826, totalling 5 runs with a highest score of 3 and holding no catches.
Early life
He was a younger son, of fourteen children, of Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond and Lady Charlotte Gordon, best remembered for the Duchess of Richmond's ball which she threw the night before the Battle of Waterloo.His paternal grandparents were General Lord George Lennox, and Lady Louisa Kerr. His mother was the eldest child of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, and Jane Maxwell.
Career
In 1834, he served as Postmaster General of Jamaica, appointed by his elder brother, Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, who was the Postmaster General of the United Kingdom.Personal life
On 3 April 1828, Lord Sussex was married to the Hon. Mary Margaret Fock, Baroness de Robeck. The daughter of Valentine Lawless, 2nd Baron Cloncurry, and, his first wife, Elizabeth Georgiana Morgan, Lord Sussex's marriage to the Lady de Robeck caused some comment as she had divorced her first husband, Henry Fock, 3rd Baron de Robeck, to marry him, an unusual step for the time. Together, they had three children:- Berkeley Lennox, an officer in the British Army.
- Sussex William Lennox, a Lieutenant-General in the Madras Infantry; he married Eleanor Jane Peters, daughter of William Henry Peters, in 1867.
- Charles Edward Lennox, a Captain in the 102nd Foot who was Honorary Major and Staff Paymaster; he died unmarried.
Lord Sussex died on 12 April 1874.