Biography of James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond 1612-1655

Paternal Family Tree: Stewart

Maternal Family Tree: Maud Vaux 1569

1633 Knight of the Garter Appointments

1648 Battle of St Neots

In 1609 [his father] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 30) and [his mother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 17) were married. He the son of Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox and Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox.

On 06 Apr 1612 James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond was born to Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 33) and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 20).

In 1619 [his father] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 40) was created 1st Earl March. [his mother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 27) by marriage Countess March.

On 16 Feb 1624 [his uncle] Ludovic Stewart 2nd Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 49) died. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Duke Richmond and Earl Newcastle upon Tyne extinct. His brother [his father] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 45) succeeded 3rd Duke Lennox. [his mother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 32) by marriage Duchess Lennox.

On 30 Jul 1624 [his father] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 45) died. His son James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 12) succeeded 4th Duke Lennox, 2nd Earl March.

In 1627 [his step-father] James Hamilton 2nd Earl Abercorn (age 23) and [his mother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 35) were married. She by marriage Baroness Hamilton of Strabane. He the son of James Hamilton 1st Earl Abercorn and Marion Boyd Countess Abercorn (age 44).

1633 Knight of the Garter Appointments

In 1633 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 32) created four Knights of the Garter ...

423nd Charles Louis Palatinate Simmern (age 15).

433rd James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 20).

434th Henry Danvers 1st Earl Danby (age 59).

435th William Douglas 7th Earl Morton (age 51).

On 08 Jan 1634 Charles Herbert (age 15) and [his future wife] Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond (age 12) were married. The marriage was short-lived with his dying a year later. She re-married in Aug 1637 to James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 21). She the daughter of George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham and Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham (age 31). He the son of Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery (age 49) and Susan Vere Countess Montgomery.

On 03 Aug 1637 James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 25) and Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond (age 15) were married. She by marriage Duchess Lennox. She the daughter of George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham and Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham (age 35). He the son of Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 45).

Before 17 Sep 1637 [his mother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 45) died. She was buried on 17 Sep 1637. Her son James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 25) succeeded 3rd Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.

In 1641 James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 28) was created 1st Duke Richmond by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 40). [his wife] Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond (age 19) by marriage Duchess Richmond.

Battle of St Neots

On 07 Jul 1648 Kenelm Digby (age 23) and [his brother-in-law] Francis Villiers (age 19) were killed.

In 1649 [his son] Esmé Stewart 2nd Duke Richmond 5th Duke Lennox was born to James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 36) and [his wife] Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond (age 27).

On 10 Jul 1651 [his daughter] Mary Stewart Countess Arran was born to James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 39) and [his wife] Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond (age 29).

On 30 Mar 1655 James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 42) died. His son [his son] Esmé Stewart 2nd Duke Richmond 5th Duke Lennox (age 6) succeeded 2nd Duke Richmond, 5th Duke Lennox, 3rd Earl March, 4th Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.

Evelyn's Diary. 11 Jan 1662. I dined at Arundel House [Map], where I heard excellent music performed by the ablest masters, both French and English, on theorbos, viols, organs, and voices, as an exercise against the coming of the Queen (age 23), purposely composed for her chapel. Afterward, my [his brother] Lord Aubigny (age 42) her Majesty's (age 23) Almoner to be) showed us his elegant lodging, and his wheel-chair for ease and motion, with divers other curiosities; especially a kind of artificial glass, or porcelain, adorned with relievos of paste, hard and beautiful. Lord Aubigny (brother to the Duke of Lennox) was a person of good sense, but wholly abandoned to ease and effeminacy.

In Nov 1664 Captain Thomas Howard (age 33) and [his former wife] Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond (age 42) were married. She the daughter of George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham and Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham.

In Nov 1685 [his former wife] Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond (age 63) died.

Royal Ancestors of James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond 1612-1655

Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 9 Grand Son of Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Philip "The Fair" IV King France

Ancestors of James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond 1612-1655

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Matthew Stewart 2nd Earl Lennox 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Montgomerie Countess Lennox

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Hamilton 1st Lord Hamilton

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Lennox 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Stewart Countess Arran 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Stewart Duke Orkney 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James "Black Knight of Lorn" Stewart

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel or Elizabeth Stewart Countess Lennox 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sinclair 3rd Earl Orkney 1st Earl Caithness 6 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Sinclair Countess Atholl 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marjory Sutherland Countess Orkney and Caithness

GrandFather: Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Queuille Lady Aubigny

Father: Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox

James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Clifton of Walsingham Parva

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Clifton of Barrington

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Clifton

GrandFather: Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Baroness Stanley 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Vaughan 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Vaughan Baroness Grey Wilton 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Stanley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Mother: Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Darcy 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Darcy 1st Baron Darcy Templehurst 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Euphemia Langton

Great x 2 Grandfather: Arthur Darcy 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Tempest

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dousabella Tempest 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Clifford 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Darcy 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Carew 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Carew of Beddington in Surrey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Malyn Oxenbridge

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Carew 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bryan

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bryan 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Katherine Darcy 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fermor

Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Fermor

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Vaux of Harrowden

Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Vaux 1st Baron Vaux Harrowden

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Vaux