politician
James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond.
Scottish noble and admiral (1612-1655)
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About James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond
James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond, 4th Duke of Lennox, KG was a Scottish peer. A third cousin of King Charles I, he was a Privy Councillor and a key member of the Royalist party in the English Civil War. In 1641–42, he served as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. He spent five months in exile in 1643, returning to England to defend the city of Oxford for the king.
Everything about James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Member of the Parliament of Scotland, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Scotland
- Born
- April 6, 1612
- Died
- March 30, 1655