Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox
Arms of Sir Esmé Stewart, Duke of Lennox and Richmond, KG
Lord John Stewart and his brother Lord Bernard Stewart by Anthony Van Dyck, circa 1638.
Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox KG (1579 – 30 July 1624) was the son of Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox and Catherine de Balsac. He was a patron of the playwright Ben Jonson, who lived in his household for five years. At the death of his brother the 2nd Duke of Lennox, he was already Earl of March and Lord Clifton of Leighton Bromswold in the peerage of England (1619) as well as 7th Seigneur d'Aubigny.[1]
He married Katherine Clifton, 2nd Baroness Clifton, in 1609. They had eleven children:
- Elizabeth (1610–1674), married Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel
- James, later 4th Duke of Lennox (1612–1655)
- Anne (1614–1646), married Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus
- Henry, 8th Seigneur d'Aubigny (1616–1632)
- Francis (1616–1617)
- Frances (1617–1694), married the 2nd Earl of Portland
- Margaret (1618–1618), died young
- George, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny (1618–1642) Killed in Battle
- Ludovic, 10th Seigneur d'Aubigny (1619–1665)
- Lord John Stewart (1621–1644) Killed in Battle
- Lord Bernard Stewart (1623–1645) Killed in Battle
He died in 1624 and was interred, on 6 August 1624, in Westminster Abbey.
References
- ↑ EB1911
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by The 3rd Lord St John of Bletso |
Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire jointly with The 4th Lord St John of Bletso 1619–1624 |
Succeeded by The 4th Lord St John of Bletso The Viscount Mandeville |
| Peerage of Scotland | ||
| Preceded by Ludovic Stewart |
Duke of Lennox 1624 |
Succeeded by James Stewart |
| New title | Earl of March 1619–1624 | |
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