| Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox | |||||||
| Office1: | Member of Parliament for New Shoreham | ||||||
| Term1: | 1849–1859 | ||||||
| Party: | Conservative | ||||||
| Birth Name: | Lord Alexander Francis Charles Lennox | ||||||
| Birth Date: | 14 June 1825 | ||||||
| Birth Place: | Mayfair, London, England | ||||||
| Death Place: | Chelsea, London | ||||||
| Father: | Charles, 5th Duke of Richmond | ||||||
| Relatives: | Charles, 6th Duke of Richmond (brother) Lord Henry Lennox (brother) Lord George Gordon-Lennox (brother) | ||||||
| Children: | Cosmo Gordon-Lennox | ||||||
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Lord Alexander Francis Charles Gordon-Lennox (né Lennox; 14 June 1825 – 22 January 1892) was a British Conservative politician and aristocrat.
Gordon-Lennox was born at Grosvenor Square, Mayfair,[1] 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.
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.
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.[3] His wife died of typhoid fever on New Year's Eve of the same year.[4]