Charlotte Lennox, Duchess of Richmond

The Dowager Duchess of Richmond
and Lennox
Personal details
Born
Lady Charlotte Gordon

(1768-09-20)20 September 1768
Gordon Castle, Moray, Scotland
Died5 May 1842(1842-05-05) (aged 73)
London, England
Spouse
(m. 1789; died 1819)
Children14, including Charles, John, William, and Sussex
Parent(s)Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon
Jane Maxwell

Charlotte Lennox, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox (née Lady Charlotte Gordon; 20 September 1768 – 5 May 1842)[1] was a Scottish aristocrat and peeress best known as the hostess of the famed ball held in Brussels on the eve of the Battle of Quatre Bras.

  1. ^ Lundy 2011 cites Mosley 2003a, p. 3335