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LENNOX , a name given to a large See also:district in See also:Dumbartonshire and See also:Stirlingshire, which was erected into an earldom in the latter See also:half of the 12th See also:century. It embraced the See also:ancient sheriffdom of See also:Dumbarton and nineteen parishes with the whole of the lands See also:round See also:Loch See also:Lomond, formerly Loch See also:Leven, and the See also:river of that name which glides into the See also:estuary of the See also:Clyde at the ancient See also:castle of Dumbarton.
On this river Leven, at Balloch, was the seat of Alwin, first See also:earl of Lennox. It is probable that he was of See also:Celtic descent, but the records are silent as to his See also:part in See also:history; that he was earl at all is only proved from the charters of his son, another Alwin, and he died some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time before 1217. The second Alwin was See also:father of ten sons, one of whom founded the See also:clan Macfarlane, famous in the See also:annals of the district, while another was ancestor of See also:Walter of Farlane, who married the heiress of the 6th earl of Lennox. Maldouen, the 3rd earl, eldest of the sons of Alwin the younger, is an See also:historical personage; he was a See also:witness to the treaty between See also:Alexander II., See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Scotland, and his See also:brother-in-See also:law the See also:English king See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry III., at See also:Newcastle in 1237, concerning the much disputed See also:northern counties of See also:England. His See also:grandson, See also:Malcolm, successor to the See also:title, swore fealty to See also:Edward I. in 1296; it was apparently his son, another Malcolm, the 5th earl, who was summoned by Edward to See also:parliament
See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James VI. the next See also:heir, but was soon after granted to the king's See also:uncle See also:Charles, who died in 1576, leaving an only See also:child, the unfortunate See also:Lady Arabella See also:- STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
- STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
- STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
- STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
- STEWART, J
- STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
- STEWART, JULIUS L
- STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
- STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
- STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
- STEWART, STUART
- STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)
Stewart.
Two years later the title was granted to See also:Robert Stewart, the king's See also:grand-uncle, second son of See also:John, the 3rd earl, but he in 158o exchanged it for that of earl of See also:March. On the same See also:day the earldom of Lennox was given to Esme Stewart, first See also:cousin of the king and grandson of the 3rd earl, he being son of John Stewart (adopted heir of the marechal d'Aubigny) and his See also:French wife, See also:Anne de la Queulle. In the following See also:year Esme was created See also:duke of Lennox, earl of See also:Darnley, See also:Lord Aubigny, Tarboulton and See also:Dalkeith, and other favours were heaped upon him, but the earl of See also:Ruthven sent him back to See also:France where he died soon after. His See also:elder son, Ludovic, was thereupon summoned to Scotland by James, who invested him with all his father's honours and estates, and after his See also:accession to the English See also:throne created him Lord Settrington and earl of See also:Richmond (1613), and earl of Newcastle-upon-See also:Tyne and duke of Richmond (1623), all these titles being in the See also:peerage of England. After holding many appointments the 2nd duke died without issue in 1624, being succeeded in his Scottish titles by his brother Esme, who had already been created earl of March and Lord See also:Clifton of See also:Leighton Bromswold in the peerage of England (1619) and was seigneur d'Aubigny in France. Of his sons, Henry succeeded to Aubigny and died See also:young at See also:Venice; Ludovic, seigneur d'Aubigny, entered the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church and received a See also:cardinal's See also:hat just before his See also:death; while the three other younger sons, See also:George, seigneur d'Aubigny, John and See also:Bernard, were all distinguished as royalists in the See also:Civil See also:War. Each met a soldier's death, George at Edgehill, John at Alresford and Bernard at See also:Rowton See also:Heath. James, the eldest son and 4th duke of Lennox, was created duke of Richmond in 1641; being like his brother a devoted adherent of Charles I.
With the death of his little son Esme, the 5th duke, in ,66o, the titles, including that of Richmond, passed to his first cousin Charles, who had already been created Lord See also:Stuart of See also:Newbury and earl of See also:Lichfield, being likewise now seigneur -d'Aubigny. Disliked by Charles II., principally because of his See also:marriage with
la belle Stuart "—" the noblest See also:romance and example of a brave lady that ever I read in my See also:life," writes See also:Pepys—he was sent into See also:- EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)
exile as See also:ambassador to See also:Denmark, where he was drowned in 1672. His wife had had the Lennox estates granted to her for life, but his only See also:sister Katharine, wife of Henry O'Brien, heir apparent of the 7th earl of See also:Thomond, was served heir to him. Her only daughter, the countess of See also:Clarendon, was See also:mother of Theodpsia See also:Hyde, ancestress of the See also:present earls of Darnley.
The Lennox dukedom, being to heirs male, now devolved upon Charles II., who bestowed it with the titles of earl of Darnley and Lord Tarbolton upon one of his bastards, Charles Lennox, son of the celebrated duchess of See also:Portsmouth, he having previously been created duke of Richmond, earl of March and Lord Settrington in the peerage of England. The ancient lands of the Lennox title were also granted to him, but these he sold to the duke of See also:Montrose.
His son Charles, who inherited his grandmother's French dukedom of Aubigny, was a soldier of distinction, as were the 3rd and 4th See also:dukes. The wife of the last, Lady See also:Charlotte See also:Gordon, as heir of her brother brought the ancient estates of her See also:family to the Lennoxes; the additional name of Gordon being taken by the 5th duke of Richmond and of Lennox on the death of his uncle, the 5th duke of Gordon. In the next See also:generation further honours were granted to the family in the See also:person of the 6th duke, who was rewarded for his See also:great public services with the titles of duke of Gordon and earl of Kinrara in the peerage of the See also:United See also:Kingdom (1876).
See Scots Peerage, vol. v., for excellent accounts of these peerages by the Rev. John See also:- ANDERSON
- ANDERSON, ADAM (1692—1765)
- ANDERSON, ALEXANDER (c. 1582-1620?)
- ANDERSON, ELIZABETH GARRETT (1836— )
- ANDERSON, JAMES (1662—1728)
- ANDERSON, JAMES (1739-1808)
- ANDERSON, JOHN (1726-1796)
- ANDERSON, MARY (1859– )
- ANDERSON, RICHARD HENRY (1821–1879)
- ANDERSON, ROBERT (1750–1830)
- ANDERSON, SIR EDMUND (1530-1605)
Anderson. See also:curator Historical Dept. H.M. See also:Register See also:House; A. See also:Francis See also:Steuart and Francis J. See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
Grant, See also:Rothesay See also:Herald. See also The Lennox by See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Fraser.
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