# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-lennox-2nd-duke-of-richmond
# Generated: 2026-09-07T01:37:44.897Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-lennox-2nd-duke-of-richmond"
name: "Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond"
slug: "charles-lennox-2nd-duke-of-richmond"
description: "Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond, 2nd Duke of Lennox, 2nd Duke of Aubigny,, of Goodwood Park near Chichester in Sussex, was a British nobleman and politician. He was the only son of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox, the youngest of the seven illegitimate sons of King Charles II. He held a number of posts in connection with his high office, but is best remembered for his patronage of cricket. He has been described as the most important of the sport's early patrons, and did much to help its evolution from village cricket to county cricket."
tagline: "English patron of cricket (1701-1750)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_Lennox%2C_2nd_Duke_of_Richmond%2C_by_circle_of_Jean_Marc_Nattier.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1701-05-18"
deathDate: "1750-08-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           12.107496
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "第二代里奇蒙公爵查爾斯·倫諾克斯"
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    title: "Charles Lennox, Richmond 2. hercege"
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    title: "Charles Lennox, II duca di Richmond"
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    title: "Charles Lennox, 2:e hertig av Richmond"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
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