Background
The son of Frederick Gordon-Lennox, 9th Duke of Richmond, he succeeded to the titles in 1989.
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Charles Henry
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Eton College.
Career
The seat of the Dukes of Richmond is Goodwood House in Sussex. Lord March and his family currently live at Goodwood. He was a 2nd Lieutenant in the 60th Rifles from 1949 to 1950.
He is a Chartered Accountant and spend nearly two decades working in the corporate world.
He was a Deputy Lieutenant of West Sussex from 1975 until 1990, and Lord Lieutenant from 1990 to 1994. He is also a patron of Prisoners Abroad, a charity supporting the welfare of Britons imprisoned overseas and their families.
Lady Ellinor Caroline Gordon-Lennox (b 28 July 1952) Charles Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March and Kinrara (b 8 January 1955). Married with issue Lady Maria Gordon-Lennox (b 1959).
Married (has since divorced) with issue Lady Naomi Gordon-Lennox (b 1962), actress better known as Nimmy March, married (has since divorced) with issue Lady Louisa Gordon-Lennox (b 1967).
Married with issue The Duke and Duchess, then the Earl and Countess of March, caused a stir when they adopted two girls of mixed race during a time of anti-immigrant sentiment and when interracial marriage was frowned upon. Lady Maria and Lady Naomi were both born in the United Kingdom to a Ghanaian father and a Black South African father respectively and White Caucasian mothers. Adopted children of peers were not allowed to take on courtesy titles until a Royal Warrant issued in April 2004 meant that Maria and Naomi were allowed to use the title Lady as children of a Duke.
Lord Settrington (1929–1935).
