Amy Gordon-Lennox, Countess of March


Amy Gordon-Lennox, Countess of March, formerly Amy Mary Ricardo, was the first wife of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond, and the mother of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond. She died before her husband inherited the dukedom.
Amy was the daughter of Percy Ricardo of Bramley Park, Guildford, Surrey, and his wife, the former Matilda Mawdesley Hensley, herself the daughter of John Isaac Hensley of Holborn in Middlesex. Amy was the sister of Colonel Horace Ricardo and of Colonel F. C. Ricardo of Cookham in Berkshire.
Amy married the future duke, then Earl of March, on 10 November 1868. Their children were:
In 1877, the countess compiled and published a catalogue of the art works held at the family homes, Goodwood House and Gordon Castle.
After Amy's death in August 1879, a year after the birth of her youngest son, aged 32, the future duke married Isabel Sophie Craven in 1882, and had further children. Isabel died in November 1887, and the duke thereafter remained a widower until his death in 1928.