Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond

British Army officer and politician

1735 CE to 1806 CE

Field Marshal Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, 3rd Duke of Lennox, 3rd Duke of Aubigny, KG, PC, FRS (February 22, 1735 – December 29, 1806), styled Earl of March until 1750, was a British Army officer and politician.

He associates with the Rockingham Whigs and rises to hold the post of Southern Secretary for a brief period.

He is noteworthy for his support for the colonists during the American Revolutionary War, his support for a policy of concession in Ireland and his advanced views on the issue of parliamentary reform.

He goes on to be a reforming Master-General of the Ordnance first in the Rockingham ministry, then in the ministry of William Pitt.

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