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

In 1609 [his father] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 30] and [his mother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 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 [aged 33] and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 20].

On 14th October 1618 [his grandfather] Gervase Clifton 1st Baron Clifton [aged 48] stabbed himself to death in the Fleet Prison [Map]. His daughter [his mother] Katherine [aged 26] succeeded 2nd Baroness Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire. According to a letter from Reverend Thomas Lorkin the date was the 5th of October and the location "at his lodgings in Holborn" - see Letter.

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

On 30th July 1624 [his father] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox [aged 45] died. His son James [aged 12] succeeded 4th Duke Lennox, 2nd Earl March.

On 7th March 1626 [his brother-in-law] Henry Howard 15th or 22nd Earl of Arundel 5th Earl of Surrey 2nd Earl Norfolk [aged 17] and [his sister] Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arundel and Norfolk [aged 16] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and [his mother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 34]. He the son of Thomas Howard 14th or 21st Earl of Arundel 4th Earl of Surrey 1st Earl Norfolk [aged 40] and Alethea Talbot Countess Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk [aged 41]. They were half fifth cousins.

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

On 10th June 1632 [his brother-in-law] Jerome Weston 2nd Earl of Portland [aged 26] and [his sister] Frances Stewart Countess Portland [aged 15] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and [his mother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 40]. He the son of Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland [aged 55] and Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland [aged 55].

On 8th January 1634 Charles Herbert [aged 15] and [his future wife] Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond [aged 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 [aged 21]. She the daughter of George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham and [his future mother-in-law] Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham [aged 31]. He the son of Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery [aged 49] and Susan Vere Countess Montgomery.

On 13th March 1635 Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland [aged 58] died. He was buried at Winchester Cathedral [Map] where he has a monument. The marble elments sculpted by Isaac Besnier, Sculptor in Ordinary and Keeper of the Statues to Charles I until 1643, when he was superseded by his son Peter; the bronze elements perhaps cast by Hubert le Sueur. His son [his brother-in-law] Jerome [aged 29] succeeded 2nd Earl of Portland, 2nd Baron Weston of Nayland in Suffolk. [his sister] Frances Stewart Countess Portland [aged 18] by marriage Countess of Portland.

Jerome Weston 2nd Earl of Portland: On 16th December 1605 he was born to Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland and Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland. On 10th June 1632 he and Frances Stewart Countess Portland were married. She the daughter of Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox. He the son of Richard Weston 1st Earl of Portland and Frances Waldegrave Countess Portland. On 17th March 1663 he died. His son Charles succeeded 3rd Earl of Portland, 3rd Baron Weston of Nayland in Suffolk.

Frances Stewart Countess Portland: In 1617 she was born to Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox. In 1694 Frances Stewart Countess Portland died.

On 3rd August 1637 James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond [aged 25] and Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Duchess Lennox. She the daughter of George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham and Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham [aged 35]. He the son of Esmé Stewart 3rd Duke Lennox and Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 45]. They were half fifth cousin once removed.

Before 17th September 1637 [his mother] Katherine Clifton Duchess Lennox [aged 45] died. She was buried on 17th September 1637. Her son James [aged 25] succeeded 3rd Baron Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in Huntingdonshire.

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

On 4th October 1646 Thomas Howard 14th or 21st Earl of Arundel 4th Earl of Surrey 1st Earl Norfolk [aged 61] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Henry [aged 38] succeeded 14th or 22nd Earl Arundel, 5th Earl Surrey, 2nd Earl Norfolk, 12th Baron Maltravers, 12th Baron Arundel, 15th Baron Mowbray, 16th Baron Segrave. [his sister] Elizabeth Stewart Countess Arundel and Norfolk [aged 36] by marriage Countess Arundel, Countess Norfolk, Countess Norfolk.

In 1649 [his son] Esmé Stewart 2nd Duke Richmond 5th Duke Lennox was born to James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond [aged 36] and [his wife] Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond [aged 27]. He died aged eleven in 1660.

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

On 10th July 1651 [his daughter] Mary Stewart Countess Arran was born to James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond [aged 39] and [his wife] Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond [aged 29]. She married September 1664 her half fifth cousin once removed Richard Butler 1st Earl Arran, son of James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde and Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde.

On 30th March 1655 James Stewart 4th Duke Lennox 1st Duke Richmond [aged 42] died. His son Esmé [aged 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 [aged 23], purposely composed for her chapel. Afterward, my [his brother] Lord Aubigny [aged 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 [aged 33] and [his former wife] Mary Villiers Duchess Lennox Duchess Richmond [aged 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 [aged 63] died.