Lord William Pitt Lennox

(1799-1881)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Lennox, William Pitt, Lord, 1799-1881 NRA: Lennox Lord William Pitt (1799-1881) writer DNB: Lennox, Lord William Pitt (1799-1881), army officer and writer LBT ID: WiLenno1881 VIAF ID: 34815994 LOC ID: n85231434	B/BAP: 1799-09-20 DIED: 1881-02-18
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The fourth son of Charles Lennox, fourth duke of Richmond; after education at Westminster School he pursued a military career, married an actress, and wrote for the popular press. He published The Story of my Life, 3 vols (1857).
REFERENCES TO Lord William Pitt Lennox: Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 2 April 1824 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 13: Finance Found 1: ¶ 10 Ch. 14: Private Life Found 1: ¶ 3 Ch. 15: Learned Societies Found 1: ¶ 32 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter VII. 1847-50. Found 1: ¶ 2 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. III: 1823-24