Charles Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond

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"Charles March" redirects here. For the FTC chair, see Charles H. March.
The Duke of Richmond
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Pictured in 2011
Born Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox
(1955-01-08) 8 January 1955 (age 69)
Title 11th Duke of Richmond
11th Duke of Lennox
11th Duke of Aubigny
6th Duke of Gordon
Children 5
Parents

Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond, 11th Duke of Lennox, 11th Duke of Aubigny, 6th Duke of Gordon DL (born 8 January 1955), styled Lord Settrington until 1989 and then Earl of March and Kinrara until 2017, is a British aristocrat and owner of Goodwood Estate in West Sussex.[1][2] He is the founder of the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Goodwood Revival.

He is president of the British Automobile Racing Club, Patron of the TT Riders Association, and an honorary member of the British Racing Drivers Club, the Guild of Motoring Writers, and the 500 Owners Club.

Photography

Having had a passion for film and photography since the age of 10, Lord Settrington left Eton College at the first possible opportunity and at 17 worked for the film director Stanley Kubrick on the film Barry Lyndon.[2][1]

Goodwood

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Main article: Goodwood House

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Goodwood House in October 2011

The Earl of March, as he was then known, moved from London to the family seat Goodwood to take over management of the estate, following the family tradition of the duke handing over management of the estate to the heir apparent when the latter turns forty.[2]

Motorsport at Goodwood was started by his grandfather, Freddie Richmond, who opened the Goodwood Motor Circuit in 1948. March established the Festival of Speed at Goodwood House in 1993. He then brought motor racing back to the circuit, which had closed in 1966, with the creation of the Goodwood Revival in 1998. Both events have since become recognised[according to whom?][3] as some of the most unusual, exciting and creative events in the world.

The Goodwood Estate covers 12,000 acres to the north of Chichester. The Goodwood Estate Company is a diverse portfolio of businesses which includes: Goodwood Racecourse, a 4,000-acre organic farm, two eighteen-hole golf courses, Goodwood Aerodrome and Flying School, and a 91-bedroom hotel. The Group employs over 550 people and attracts 800,000 visitors to the Estate each year. The headquarters of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is also on the Estate.

Marriages and children

Richmond has been married twice and has three sons and two daughters. He was married firstly in 1976 to Sally Clayton, daughter of Maurice Clayton. They had one daughter:

  • Lady Alexandra Gordon-Lennox (born 1985)

Richmond and his first wife were divorced in 1989 and on 30 November 1991 he married secondly The Hon Janet Elizabeth Astor (born 1 December 1961), daughter of William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor. They have one daughter and three sons:

  • Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March and Kinrara (born 20 December 1994), heir apparent to the dukedoms.
  • Lord William Rupert Charles Gordon-Lennox (born 29 November 1996)
  • Lady Eloise Cordelia Gordon-Lennox (born 10 March 2000)
  • Lord Frederick Lysander Gordon-Lennox (born 10 March 2000)

In January 2016, he and the Duchess (then Earl and Countess of March) were attacked and tied up in a major jewel robbery at Goodwood.[4]

Titles

  • 8 January 1955 – 2 November 1989: Lord Settrington
  • 2 November 1989 – 1 September 2017: Earl of March and Kinrara
  • 1 September 2017 – present: His Grace The Duke of Richmond, Lennox, and Gordon

Arms

Arms of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond
File:Coat of arms of the duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon.png
Coronet
A coronet of a Duke
Crest
1st, a Bull's Head erased Sable horned Or; 2nd, on a Chapeau Gules turned up Ermine a Lion statant guardant Or crowned with a Ducal Coronet Gules and gorged with a Collar compony of four pieces Argent charged with eight Roses Gules and the last; 3rd, out of a Ducal Coronet a Stag's Head affrontée proper attired with ten Tynes Or
Escutcheon
Quarterly: 1st and 4th grand quarters, the Royal Arms of Charles II (viz. quarterly: 1st and 4th, France and England quarterly; 2nd, Scotland; 3rd, Ireland); the whole within a Bordure compony Argent charged with Roses Gules barbed and seeded proper and the last; overall an Escutcheon Gules charged with three Buckles Or (the Dukedom of Aubigny); 2nd grand quarter, Argent a Saltire engrailed Gules between four Roses of the second barbed and seeded proper (Lennox); 3rd grand quarter, quarterly, 1st, Azure three Boars' Heads couped Or (Gordon); 2nd, Or three Lions' Heads erased Gules (Badenoch); 3rd, Or three Crescents within a Double Tressure flory counter-flory Gules (Seton); 4th, Azure three Cinquefoils Argent (Fraser)
Supporters
Dexter: a Unicorn Argent armed, crined and unguled Or; Sinister: an Antelope Argent, also armed, crined and unguled Or, each supporter gorged with a Collar compony as the crest
Motto
Over the 1st crest, Avant Darnlie; over the 2nd crest, En La Rose Je Fleuris; and over the 3rd crest, Bydand

In popular culture

March's name appears in the video game Gran Turismo 6, when he sends players an invitation related to the Goodwood Festival of Speed.[5]

References

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  5. ↑ Gran Turismo 6 Archived 27 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine, gran-turismo.com. Retrieved 25 March 2016.

External links

Peerage of England
Preceded by Duke of Richmond
4th creation
2017–present		 Incumbent
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Duke of Lennox
2nd creation
2017–present		 Incumbent
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Duke of Gordon
2nd creation
2017–present		 Incumbent
French nobility
Preceded by Duke of Aubigny
2017–present		 Incumbent
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by Gentlemen
The Duke of Richmond		 Succeeded by
The Duke of Grafton


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