thumb|right|Charles Lennox, 1.° Duque de Richmond, pintura de Sir [[Godfrey Kneller.]]
'''Charles Lennox, 1.° Duque de Richmond e 1.° Duque de Lennox''' (Londres, 29 de julho de 1672 — Goodwood, Sussex, 27 de maio de 1723) foi o filho ilegítimo de Carlos II da Inglaterra e de sua amante, Louise de Kérouaille, Duquesa de Portsmouth.

==Títulos==

Lennox foi titulado '''Duque de Richmond, Conde de March e Barão Settrington''' no Luís XIV permitiu que ele herdasse a dignidade de sua mãe, tornando-se assim Duque de Aubigny.  

==Biografia==

Em abril de Caveleiro da Jarreteira. Em julho do mesmo ano, foi apontado Governador do Castelo de Dumbarton. No ano seguinte, visitou a França em companhia de sua mãe.

Em católica romana.

Depois da revolução que removeu Jaime II, Richmond novamente regressou à França. Por ser muito jovem, não pôde se juntar à expedição de Jaime II na Irlanda. Entretanto, em 1689, Charles entrou para o exército francês, atuando como um ajudante-de-ordens do Duque de Orleans. 

Em Guilherme III. Em novembro de 1693, pôde se juntar à Câmara dos Lordes, sendo acusado três anos depois de participar de planos jacobitas.    

Ele foi apontado ''Lord High Admiral'' da Escócia, sob reservação de comissão concedida a James, Duque de Albany e York (mais tarde Jaime VII). O apontamento só foi efetivo entre 1701 e 1705, quando Lennox renunciou a todas suas propriedades e cargos na Escócia. 

thumb|180px|right|Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond. Painting by [[Sir Godfrey Kneller]]
'''Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and 1st Duke of Lennox, 1er Duc d' Aubigny''' (29 July 1672 &ndash; 27 May 1723), was the illegitimate son of Charles II of England and his mistress Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth.  

Lennox was created '''Baron Torbolton''' in the James, Duke of Albany and York (later James VII) as Lord High Admiral for life. The appointment was therefore only effective between 1701 and 1705, when Lennox resigned all his Scottish lands and offices.

Took part in Jacobitism before making peace with William III of England.

It appears that he was Master of a Lodge in Chichester in 1696, and so was one of the few known seventeenth century freemasons.

==Family==

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|               image = Cricket_no_pic.png
|             country = England
|            fullname = Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond
|            nickname = 
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|          dayofbirth = 29
|        monthofbirth = 7
|         yearofbirth = 1672
|        placeofbirth = 
|      countryofbirth = England
|          dayofdeath = 27
|        monthofdeath = 5
|         yearofdeath = 1723
|        placeofdeath = 
|      countryofdeath = England
|             batting = 
|             bowling = 
|                role = patron
|               club1 = Duke of Richmond's XI
|               year1 = c.1690-1723
|               club2 = Sussex
|               year2 = c.1690-1723
|                date = 20 June
|                year = 2008
|              source = T J McCann
}}

He was married to Anne Brudenell (died 1722), daughter of Francis, Baron Brudenell; with whom he had three children:
* Lady Louisa Lennox, later Countess of Berkeley
* Charles Lennox, Earl of March, later 2nd Duke of Richmond and 2nd Duke of Lennox
* Lady Anne Lennox, later Countess of Albemarle

By his mistress Jacqueline de Mézières:
* Renée Lennox (1709-1774) mistress of her cousin Charles Beauclerk, 2nd Duke of St Albans.

==Cricket==
Richmond was a patron of 1697 season and was the first to be reported by the press <ref>T J McCann, ''Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century'', page xli</ref>.  Richmond sponsored a team in the 1702 season against an Arundel side <ref>T J McCann, ''Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century'', page 1</ref>.