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

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 [his grandfather] Esme Stewart 1st Duke Lennox and [his grandmother] Catherine Balsac Duchess Lennox.

On 6th April 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).

On 30th July 1624 [his father] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox (age 45) died. His son James (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).

On 8th January 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 [his future mother-in-law] 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 3rd August 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). They were half fifth cousin once removed.

Before 17th September 1637 [his mother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox (age 45) died. She was buried on 17th September 1637. Her son James (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.

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).

In 1649 [his mother-in-law] Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham (age 46) died. Her son [his brother-in-law] George (age 20) succeeded 19th Baron Ros Helmsley

In 1649 [his brother-in-law] George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham (age 20) was appointed 446th Knight of the Garter by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 18).

On 10th July 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 30th March 1655 James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 42) died. His son [his son] Esmé (age 6) succeeded 2nd Duke Richmond, 5th Duke Lennox, 3rd Earl March, 4th Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.

John Evelyn's Diary. 11th January 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 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 November 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 [his former mother-in-law] Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham. They were fifth cousin once removed.

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