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Lennox, Duke of (S, 1581 - 1672)

Creation: let.pat. 5 Aug 1581

Extinct: 12 Dec 1672

Family name: Stuart

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Arms:

 Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Azure three Fleurs de lis Or within a Bordure engrailed Argent (Aubigny);  2nd and 3rd, Or a Fess chequy Azure and Argent within a Bordure Gules charged with three Buckles of the field (Stuart or Stewart of Darnley), and en surtout an Inescutcheon Argent charged with a Saltire between four Roses Gules (Lennox)

Crest:

 Issuing out of a Ducal Coronet Or a Bull's Head Sable vomiting forth flames proper

Supporters:

 On either side a Wolf proper

Motto:

 Avant Darnley

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Esmé [Stuart], 1st Earl of Lennox later 1st Duke of Lennox

only son and heir of John Stuart, 5th Seigneur d'Aubigny (by his wife Anne, yst. dau. and cohrss. of Francois, Seigneur de la Queuille), 3rd son of John [Stuart], 3rd or 12th Earl of Lennox

born

c. 1542

mar.

1572 his mother's fourth cousin Katherine de Balsac (d. c.1631), 9th dau. of Guillaume de Balsac, Seigneur d'Entragues, by his wife Louise, dau. of Jean, Seigneur d'Humières

children

1. Lord Ludovic Stuart, later 2nd Duke of Lennox

2. Lord Esmé Stuart, later 1st Earl of March later 3rd Duke of Lennox

1. Lady Henrietta Stuart (d. 2 Sep 1642), mar. 21 Jul 1588 George [Gordon], 1st Marquess of Huntly, and had issue

2. Lady Mary Stuart (d. 11 May 1644), mar. 7 Dec 1592 as his second wife John [Erskine], 18th and de jure 2nd Earl of Mar, and had issue

3. Lady Gabriella Stuart, a nun

died

26 May 1583

created

5 Mar 1579/80 Lord Darnley, Aubigny and Dalkeith and Earl of Lennox, with remainder to the heirs male of his body failing which to revert to the King

5 Aug 1581 Lord Aubigny, Dalkeith, Torboltoun and Aberdour, Earl of Darnley and Duke of Lennox, with a similar remainder

suc. by

son

note

suc. his father 31 May 1567 as 6th Seigneur d'Aubigny; granted the Abbey of Arbroath and the custody of the Castle of Dunbarton 1579; Heritable Great Chamberlain of Scotland 1580; Captain of the King's Guard 1581; secretly supported the restoration of Queen Mary I and expelled from Scotland in 1582

Ludovic [Stuart], 2nd Duke of Lennox, KG PC

born

29 Sep 1574

mar. (1)

bef. 11 Sep 1586 Lady Sophia Ruthven (dsp. bef. Jun 1590), 3rd dau. of William [Ruthven], 1st Earl of Gowrie, by his wife Hon Dorothea Stewart, 4th dau. by his second wife of Henry [Stewart], 1st Lord Methven

mar. (2)

1598 Jean Montgomerie (widow of Hon Robert Montgomerie of Giffen; d. 15 Dec 1610), sister of Hugh [Campbell], 1st Lord Campbell of Loudoun, and 1st dau. of Sir Matthew Campbell of Loudoun by his wife Isabel Drummond, dau. of Sir John Drummond of Innerpeffrey

mar. (3)

16 Jun 1621 Hon Frances Seymour (widow of (1) Henry Pranell, of Barkway, co. Hertford, and (2) 27 May 1601 as his third wife Edward [Seymour], 1st Earl of Hertford; dsp. 8 Oct 1639), dau. of Thomas [Howard], 1st Viscount Howard of Bindon, by his third wife Mabel Burton, dau. of Nicholas Burton, of Carshalton, co. Surrey

died

s.p.s. legit. 16 Feb 1623/4

created

6 Oct 1613 Baron Settrington, of Settrington in the County of York, and Earl of Richmond

17 May 1623 Earl of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Duke of Richmond

suc. by

brother

note

returned to Scotland shortly after his father's death; President of the Privy Council 1589; Joint Lieutenant of Scotland 1589-90; Chamberlain of the Household 1590; High Admiral 1591-1623/4; Gentleman of the Bedchamber 1603; Privy Councillor [E] 1603; Knight of the Garter 1603; naturalised as an English subject 1603; Ambassador to Paris 1604-05 and 1613; a Joint Commissioner for the office of Earl Marshal 1603/4, 1604/5 and 1616; King's Alnager 1605; High Commissioner to the Scottish Parliament 1607; Deputy Earl Marshal 1614; Lord Steward of the Household 1615-24; King's Alnager for Ireland 1618-24; Lord Lieutenant of Kent 1620; Joint Commissioner of the Great Seal 1621; on his death his English peerages granted in 1613 and 1623 became extinct

Esmé [Stuart], 1st Earl of March later 3rd Duke of Lennox, KG

born

1579

mar.

1609 Hon Katherine Clifton, suo jure Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswold (mar. (2) 1632 James [Hamilton], 2nd Earl of Abercorn; d. 21 Aug 1637), dau. and hrss. of Gervase [Clifton], 1st Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold, by his wife Katherine Darcy, dau. of Sir Henry Darcy

children

1. Lord James Stuart, later 4th Duke of Lennox

2. Lord George Stuart, styled Lord d'Aubigny (d. 23 Oct 1642), mar. Lady Catherine Howard (mar. (2) c. 1649 as his first wife James [Livingston], 1st Earl of Newburgh; d. 1650), 1st dau. of Theophilus [Howard], 2nd Earl of Suffolk,  by his wife Lady Elizabeth Home, 2nd dau. and cohrss. of George [Home], 1st Earl of Dunbar, and had issue:

1a. Charles [Stuart], 1st Earl of Lichfield later 6th Duke of Lennox

2a. Lady Katherine Stuart, later suo jure Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswold

3. Lord Ludovic Stuart, Seigneur d'Aubigny, Cardinal d'Aubigny 1665 (d. 1665)

4. Lord Bernard Stuart, Commander of the King's Guards (d. 1645)

6. Lord John Stuart, General of Horse (d. 1644)

1. Lady Elizabeth Stuart (d. 23 Jan 1673/4), mar. 1626 Henry Frederick [Howard], 22nd or 15th Earl of Arundel, and had issue

2. Lady Anne Stuart (d. 16 Aug 1646), mar. May 1630 as his first wife Lord Archibald Douglas, styled Earl of Angus, 1st son and heir of William [Douglas], 1st Marquess of Douglas, and had issue

3. Lady Frances Stuart (b. 19 Mar 1617; d. 13 Mar 1693/4), mar. 18 Jun 1632 Jerome [Weston], 2nd Earl of Portland, and had issue

died

30 Jul 1624

created

7 Jun 1619 Baron Stuart of Leighton Bromswold, of Leighton Bromswold in the County of Huntingdon, and Earl of March

suc. by

son

note

suc. his father 26 May 1583 as 7th Seigneur d'Aubigny; naturalised an English subject 1603; High Steward of Grafton 1609; Gentleman of the Bedchamber; Joint Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire 1619; Knight of the Garter 1624

James [Stuart], 4th Duke of Lennox, KG PC

born

6 Apr 1612

mar.

3 Aug 1637 Lady Mary Herbert, Lady of the Bedchamber 1632 (bapt. 26 Nov 1664; widow of Hon Sir Charles Herbert, styled Lord Herbert, 1st son and heir ap. of Philip [Herbert], 4th Earl of Pembroke; mar. (3) bef. 26 Nov 1664 Col Thomas Howard, Lieut of the Yeoman of the Guard, younger brother of Charles [Howard], 1st Earl of Carlisle, and 2nd son of Sir William Howard by his wife Hon Mary Eure, 1st dau. of William [Eure], 4th Baron Eure; bur. 21 Jul 1678), only dau. of George [Villiers], 1st Duke of Buckingham, by his wife Lady Katherine Manners, suo jure Baroness Ros, only child and hrss. of Francis [Manners], 6th Earl of Rutland

children

1. Lord Esmé Stuart, later 5th Duke of Lennox

1. Lady Mary Stuart, later suo jure Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswold

died

30 Mar 1655

created

8 Aug 1641 Duke of Richmond, with a special remainder failing heirs male of his body to his younger brother, Lord George Stuart

suc. by

son

note

Gentleman of the Bedchamber 1625; knighted 1630; Grandee of Spain, 1st class 1632; Knight of the Garter 1633; Privy Councillor 1633; suc. his mother 21 Aug 1637 as 3rd Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold; Keeper of Richmond Park 1638; Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1640-42; Privy Councillor [S] 1641; Lord Steward of the Household 1641; supported the King's cause in the Civil War; President of the Council of the Prince of Wales 1644/5

Esmé [Stuart], 5th Duke of Lennox

born

2 Nov 1649

died

10 Aug 1660

suc. by

cousin

note

on his death the right to the Barony of Clifton Bromswold passed to his sister Lady Mary Butler, Countess of Arran

Charles [Stuart], 1st Earl of Lichfield later 6th Duke of Lennox, KG

born

7 Mar 1639

mar. (1)

Elizabeth Cavendish (widow of Hon Charles Cavendish, styled Viscount Mansfield; d. 21 Apr 1661), dau. and cohrss. of Richard Rogers, of Bryanston, co. Dorset, by his wife Anne Cheeke, dau. of Sir Thomas Cheeke

mar. (2)

31 Mar 1662 Margaret Lewis (widow of William Lewis, of Bletchington, co. Oxford; bur. 6 Jan 1666/7), dau. of Laurence Banaster, of Papenham, co. Buckingham

mar. (3)

Mar 1666/7 Frances Theresa Stewart, Lady of the Bedchamber 1668, she served as model for the figure of Britannia on the copper coins, on her death she bequeathed the bulk of her property to her cousin's son, William, afterwards 5th Lord Blantyre, for the purchase of certain estates to be called "Lennox's love for Blantyre" - he purchased the Lethington estate and changed its name to Lennoxlove (d. 15 Oct 1702; bur. in Westminster Abbey), 1st dau. and cohrss. of Hon Walter Stewart, a doctor of medicine (by his wife ..... .....), 3rd son of Walter [Stewart], 1st Lord Blantyre

died

s.p.s. 12 Dec 1672

created

10 Dec 1645 Baron Stuart of Newbury, of Newbury in the County of Berkshire, and Earl of Lichfield

note

Lord Lieutenant of Dorset 1660; Captain and Governor of Dunbarton Castle 1661; Joint Lord Lieutenant and Vice Admiral of Kent 1668; Knight of the Garter 1661; Gentleman of the Bedchamber 1661; suc. his cousin Jul 1667 as 6th Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold; Lord High Admiral of Scotland 1671/2; Ambassador Extraordinary to Denmark 1671/2

On the death of the 6th Duke of Lennox all his titles became extinct except for the Barony of Clifton of Leighton Bromswold which passed to his sister, Lady Katherine O'Brien

 Last updated 23 Apr 2009

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