Emily FitzGerald, Duchess of Leinster
Emily FitzGerald, Duchess of Leinster, known before 1747 as Lady Emily Lennox, from 1747 to 1761 as The Countess of Kildare and from 1761 to 1766 as The Marchioness of Kildare, was the second of the famous Lennox sisters, daughters of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond.
Emily, Countess of Kildare by Allan Ramsay (1713-1784). Oil on canvas, painted 1765.
The Duchess of Leinster painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in the 1770s.
Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond
Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond, 2nd Duke of Lennox, 2nd Duke of Aubigny, of Goodwood House near Chichester in Sussex, was a British nobleman and politician. He was the son of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, 1st Duke of Lennox, the youngest of the seven illegitimate sons of King Charles II. He was the most important of the early patrons of the game of cricket and did much to help its evolution from village cricket to first-class cricket.
Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond
Base of commemorative obelisk erected in Chichester with inscription for the Duke's mayoralty & his part in the Jacobite uprising