Death of the Duke of Richmond.
--The
Lord of the Goodwood races is dead.
He was the
Duke of
Richmond, whose death at
London, on the 21st of October, is announced in the late news from
Europe.
His grace, as proprietor of
Goodwood Park, near
Chichester, and as the patron of the famous races there in July of every year, is better known to the
American world than he is as one of the great nobles of
England.
His rank, lineage, and the chief events of his life, are summed up as follows:
Charles Gordon Lenox,
Duke of
Richmond, born 1791, succeeded his father, fourth
Duke, in 1819; married in 1817, to
Lady Caroline Paget, daughter of the
Marquis of Anglaise.
He was in the seventieth year of his age at the time of his decease.
The following were his titles:--1675--
Duke of
Lenox,
Earl of Darnley,
Baron of Torbelton, in the Peerage of
Scotland.
In the Peerage of
England, 1675,
Duke of
Richmond,
Earl of March, and
Baron of Sterlington.
In the Peerage of
France, 1684,
Duke d'aubigny; he was also
Knight of the Garter.
He is now succeeded by his son, Charles,
Earl of March and Darnley, born in 1818.
The
Duke's seats are Gordon Castle, Bannffshire; Huntley Lodge, Aberdeenshire; Kinrara, Invernesshire,
Scotland;
Goodwood Park and Weststoke,
Sussex, England.
His residence in
London was 51 Portland Place. The
Duke was descended from Charles the Second of
England, the first
Duke being a natural son of that monarch.
The following offices were held by the late
Duke:
Chancellor of Marshal College and University,
Aberdeen; a Privy Counsellor,
Lord Lieutenant of
Sussex,
Vice Admiral of the
Coast of Sussex,
Colonel of the
Royal Sussex Militia, and
Aide-de-Camp to the
Queen.
