James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond

Scottish noble and admiral

Date of Birth: 06-Apr-1612

Place of Birth: Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 30-Mar-1655

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Aries

James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond, 4th Duke of Lennox KG (6 April 1612 – 30 March 1655) was a British nobleman.
He was the eldest son of Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox and his wife Katherine Clifton, 2nd Baroness Clifton. James Stewart inherited the Dukedom of Lennox on his father's death (30 June 1624) and was made a gentleman of the bedchamber in 1625, and knighted on 29 June 1630.
He was invested as a knight of Order of the Garter in 1633. He married Mary Villiers, daughter of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham on 3 August 1637. A third cousin of Charles I of England, Stewart was a Privy Councillor and key member of Royalist party in the English Civil War.
In 1641–42, he served as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.
He spent five months in exile in 1643, returning to England to defend the city of Oxford for the king.
He died on 30 March 1655 at age 42 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.



Alternative names	Anthony van Dyck, Anthonie van Dyck, Anton van Dijck, Antonis van Deik, Antoon van Dijk, Anthonis van Dyck, Antoine van Dyck
Description	Flemish painter, draughtsman and printmaker
Date of birth/death	22 March 1599	9 December 1641
Location of birth/death	Antwerp	Blackfriars, London
Work location	Antwerp (1609–1610, 1615–1620), London (1620-March 1621), Zaventem (1621), Genoa (October 1621-February 1622), Rome (February 1622-July 1622), Florence (1622), Bologna (1622), Venice (1622), Rome (1623), Mantua (1623), Genoa (1623), Palermo (1623–1624), Genoa (1624–1625), Antwerp (July 1627), London (1627-March 1628), Antwerp (March 1628), The Hague (1629), Antwerp (1629–1632), Haarlem (1632), Brussels (1632), London (May 1632-1634), Antwerp (1634–1635), Brussels (1634), London (1636–1640), Antwerp (18 October 1640-...), Paris (January 1641-November 1641), Blackfriars, London (November 1641-9 December 1641)
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