Hilda Gordon-Lennox, Duchess of Richmond
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Hilda Madeline Brassey Gordon-Lennox, Duchess of Richmond, DBE, JP
(16 June 1872 – 29 December 1971) was the daughter of Henry Arthur Brassey (b. 14 July 1840 - d. 13 May 1891) and Anna Harriet Stevenson (died 15 July 1898).
She held the office of Justice of the Peace
(JP) for Sussex
and, later, Morayshire. She was invested as a CBE, and, later, as DBE in 1946.
She died in 1971, aged 99.
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
(16 June 1872 – 29 December 1971) was the daughter of Henry Arthur Brassey (b. 14 July 1840 - d. 13 May 1891) and Anna Harriet Stevenson (died 15 July 1898).
She held the office of Justice of the Peace
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
(JP) for Sussex
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
and, later, Morayshire. She was invested as a CBE, and, later, as DBE in 1946.
She died in 1971, aged 99.
Family
On on 8 June 1893 Hilda Madeline Brassey married Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, the 8th Duke of Richmond (born 30 December 1870 — died 7 May 1935); they had the following children:- Lady Amy Gwendoline Gordon-Lennox (born 5 May 1894 — died 1975)
- Hon. Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox (born 15 August 1895 — died 5 September 1895)
- Lady Doris Hilda Gordon-Lennox (born 6 September 1896 — died circaCircaCirca , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
8 February 1980) - Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, Lord Settrington (born 26 January 1899 — died 24 August 1919)
- Frederick Charles Gordon-Lennox, 9th Duke of Richmond, 9th Duke of Lennox, 9th Duke of Gordon (born 5 February 1904 — died 2 November 1989)