188 BECORDS AND BEMINISCENCES OF GOODWOOD 



CHAPTER XVL 



THE PRESENT DUKE. 



Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, sixth and present 

 Duke of Richmond, K.G., was born on the 27th of 

 February, 1818, and succeeded to the title upon the 

 death of his father, the fifth Duke, in 1860. 



In 1876 the ancient Dukedom of Gordon was 

 revived in his favour. Four ducal honours, there- 

 fore, appertain to the Head of the House, viz. those 

 of Richmond, Gordon, Lennox, and D'Aubigne. 



Like his predecessors, he chose the military pro- 

 fession. Upon leaving Christ Church, Oxford (B.A. 

 1839), he joined the Royal Horse Guards Blue, on the 

 24th of May, 1839, as Cornet. He proceeded to a 

 Lieutenancy, and was promoted Captain (unattached) 

 on the 27th of September, 1844. 



He was appointed aide-de-camp to Field-Marshal 

 the Duke of Wellington and to Viscount Hardinge. 

 His Grace is the Lord-Lieutenant of Banffshire and 

 Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen. 



