Some History
Posted by lennoxestate on 6 January, 2008
Historic footnote to the Lennox Estate.
The Lennox Estate was built in 1972 for the Greater London Council (GLC) by
Gollins, Melvin,Ward & Partners. It was constructed on the site that formed part of
the Priory Nursing Home, displacing the Parish’s last herd of cows.
The history of the named tower blocks relates to the daughters of the Duke and Duchess of Richmond.
The land was originally owned by the Lennox family who were Irish aristocrats in the Georgian period,
dating back to 1740 – 1832.
The Duke and Duchess of Richmond had four daughters, Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah. The girls were the
great granddaughters of King Charles II. They were well-educated, bilingual children who were fluent in French.
Their reputation as adults scandalised society. Caroline eloped, Emily gave birth to twenty-one children, of
whom ten survived to adulthood, and Sarah had an affair and was subsequently divorced by her husband.
Taken from: http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/NR/Wandsworth/asp/pressreleases/hhomes_lennox.pdf
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