Lennox
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Lennox may refer to:
- Lennox (district)Lennox (district)The district of Lennox , often known as "the Lennox", is a region of Scotland centred around the village of Lennoxtown in East Dunbartonshire, eight miles north of the centre of Glasgow. At various times in history, the district has had both a dukedom and earldom associated with it.- External...
, often referred to as "The Lennox", an historic mormaerdom, earldom and then dukedomDukedomDukedom may refer to:* Duchy, the territory ruled by a duke* the office of a duke-Places:United States* Dukedom, Kentucky and Tennessee, an unincorporated community in Graves County, Kentucky and Weakley County, Tennessee-Computer games:...
, in Stirling, Scotland - Lennox InternationalLennox InternationalLennox International Inc. is an American company. Through its subsidiaries, it is a provider of climate control products for the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration markets around the world...
, a global manufacturer of furnaces and central air conditioners.
Geographical places around the world, named by Scottish emigrants
- Lennox, CaliforniaLennox, CaliforniaLennox is a census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 22,753 at the 2010 census, down from 22,950 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
, United States - Lennox, South DakotaLennox, South DakotaLennox is a city in Lincoln County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,111 at the 2010 census.-History:The city was named for Ben Lennox, a railroad official.The mayor of Lennox is Orville Wiebers.-Geography:...
, United States - Lennox, WisconsinLennox, WisconsinLennox is an unincorporated community located in the town of Schoepke, Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. Lennox is located on County Highway B east-southeast of Rhinelander....
, United States - Lennox Gardens, CanberraLennox Gardens, CanberraLennox Gardens, a park in Canberra, Australia, lying on the south side of Lake Burley Griffin, close to Commonwealth Avenue Bridge and Albert Hall in the suburb of Yarralumla. Before the construction of Lake Burley Griffin a road ran through the present garden, this road being one of two main...
, Australia - Lennox County, OntarioLennox County, OntarioLennox County is a historic county in what is now the Canadian province of Ontario.As an upper-tier municipality, the county of Lennox was created on paper in 1792, but has never existed as a discrete municipal entity. From 1792 until 1864, it was part of the United Counties of Frontenac, Lennox...
, Canada - Lennox and AddingtonLennox and AddingtonLennox and Addington was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was first created in 1903 from Addington and Lennox ridings...
, an electoral district in Ontario, Canada - For Lennox, an uninhabited island in Chile, see Picton, Lennox and NuevaPicton, Lennox and NuevaPicton, Lennox and Nueva is a group of three islands on the extreme south of South America, in the Chilean commune of Cabo de Hornos in Antártica Chilena Province, Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region...
- LennoxtownLennoxtownLennoxtown is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland at the foot of the Campsie Fells, which are just to the north.It is now part of the East Dunbartonshire council area but prior to 1975 was in the county of Stirling....
, the former capital of the Lennox in Scotland.
People who have used the surname Lennox
- Any person who has held the title of Mormaer of Lennox
- Any person who has held the title of Earl of LennoxEarl of LennoxThe Mormaer of Lennox or Earl of Lennox was the ruler of the long-lasting provincial Mormaerdom/Earldom of Lennox in the Medieval Kingdom of the Scots. The first Mormaer is usually regarded as Ailin I , but the genealogy of the Mormaers gives earlier names...
- Any person who has held the title of Duke of LennoxDuke of LennoxThe title Duke of Lennox has been created several times in the Peerage of Scotland, for Clan Stewart of Darnley. The Dukedom, named for the district of Lennox in Stirling, was first created in 1581, and had formerly been the Earldom of Lennox. The second Duke was made Duke of Richmond; at his...
- Annie LennoxAnnie LennoxAnnie Lennox, OBE , born Ann Lennox, is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving minor success in the late 1970s with The Tourists, with fellow musician David A...
, a popular music artist from Scotland - Betty LennoxBetty LennoxBetty Bernice Lennox is an American professional basketball player most recently playing for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Her nicknames include "Betty Basketball," "Betty Big Buckets," and her most popular nickname "B-Money."-Childhood:Betty grew up in the small town of Grant, OK. Daughter of...
- Bobby LennoxBobby LennoxRobert "Bobby" Lennox, MBE is a former Scottish professional footballer who played for Celtic Football Club and was a member of their 1967 European Cup winning team known as the Lisbon Lions. He also earned ten international caps for his national team Scotland...
, a former Scottish footballer for Celtic - Lady Caroline LennoxLady Caroline LennoxGeorgiana Caroline Fox, 1st Baroness Holland, of Holland , known as Lady Caroline Lennox before 1744 and as Lady Caroline Fox from 1744 to 1762, was the eldest of the Lennox Sisters, immortalised in Stella Tillyard's book Aristocrats, and the television series based on it.The Lennox sisters were...
- Charlotte LennoxCharlotte LennoxCharlotte Lennox was an English author and poet. She is most famous now as the author of The Female Quixote and for her association with Samuel Johnson, Joshua Reynolds, and Samuel Richardson, but she had a long career and wrote poetry, prose, and drama.-Life:Charlotte Lennox was born in Gibraltar...
(c. 1730-1804) - Dave LennoxDave LennoxDavid Lennox was an American inventor and businessman. A furnace manufacturing business he founded in 1895 in Marshalltown, Iowa evolved into what is today known as Lennox International, a global corporation specializing in air conditioning, heating, and commercial refrigeration...
, inventor of the riveted steel furnace and founder of Lennox International - David LennoxDavid LennoxDavid Lennox was a Scottish-Australian bridge-builder and master stonemason born in Ayr, Scotland.-Personal details:...
, a stonemason and bridge-builder, known for his stone bridges in colonial New South Wales - Douglas Lennox-SilvaDouglas Lennox-SilvaDouglas Lennox-Silva is a male butterfly swimmer from Puerto Rico, who was born in the United States. He represented Puerto Rico at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China. He is the younger brother of Kristina Lennox-Silva, who also competed as a swimmer at the 2008 Summer...
(born 1987), Puerto Rican swimmer - E. J. LennoxE. J. LennoxEdward James Lennox was a Toronto-based architect who designed several of the city's most notable landmarks in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries including Old City Hall and Casa Loma...
(1844–1933), a Toronto-based architect - John LennoxJohn LennoxJohn Carson Lennox is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, Fellow in Mathematics, Philosophy of Science and Pastoral Advisor at Green Templeton College of Oxford University...
, British mathematician, and philosopher - Kristina Lennox-SilvaKristina Lennox-SilvaKristina Lennox-Silva is a female freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Puerto Rico, who was born in the United States. She represented Puerto Rico at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China and 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy...
(born 1985), Puerto Rican swimmer - Louisa Lennox
- Lady Sarah LennoxLady Sarah LennoxLady Sarah Lennox was the most notorious of the famous Lennox Sisters, daughters of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond.-Early life:...
- Noah Lennox, musician
- Wilbraham Oates LennoxWilbraham Oates LennoxLieutenant-General Sir Wilbraham Oates Lennox VC KCB was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Details:Lennox was 24 years old, and a lieutenant in the Corps...
- William G. LennoxWilliam G. LennoxWilliam Gordon Lennox was an American neurologist who was a pioneer in the use of electroencephalography for the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy.-Biography:...
, neurologist - Zion & Lennox
- Victoria Lennox an actress from Barney & Friends trying to go on Disney Channel
- Alasdair Lennox GP in cromer
People who have used the personal name Lennox
- Sir Lennox BerkeleyLennox BerkeleySir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley was an English composer.- Biography :He was born in Oxford, England, and educated at the Dragon School, Gresham's School and Merton College, Oxford...
- Lennox LewisLennox LewisLennox Claudius Lewis, CM, CBE is a retired boxer and the most recent British undisputed world heavyweight champion. He holds dual British and Canadian citizenship...
, Olympic and World Champion boxer - Lennox Medaino
- Lennox MillerLennox MillerLennox V. Miller was a champion runner and father of Inger Miller....
- Lennox MohammedLennox MohammedLennox "Bobby" Mohammed is a musician and pannist from Trinidad.-Person:Lennox Mohammed grew up in San Fernando and visited the Presentation College. He was a founding member of the Gondoliers Steelband...
- Lennox RobinsonLennox RobinsonEsmé Stuart Lennox Robinson was an Irish dramatist, poet and theatre producer and director who was involved with the Abbey Theatre....
- Lennox SebeLennox SebeLennox Leslie Wongamu Sebe was chief minister of the Xhosa bantustan of Ciskei, and the country's first president, after its self-rule in 1972....
- Lennox SharpeLennox SharpeLennox "Boogsie" Sharpe is a successful and popular composer and arranger of Steelpan music.-Person:Sharpe began his career with Starlift where he worked as a co-arranger with Ray Holman...
- Lennox YearwoodLennox YearwoodLennox Yearwood, Jr., is a minister, community activist, and one of the most influential people in Hip Hop political life.He currently serves as President of the Hip Hop Caucus in Washington, D.C. The Hip Hop Caucus is a national, nonprofit, nonpartisan, organization that engages young people in...
- Lennox D. Punch, Jr., Trillium Residential Free Rent contestant
Other
- HMS LennoxHMS LennoxTwo ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Lennox, probably after the historic Scottish region of Lennox, and its associated Duchy and Earldom:...
, the name of two ships of the Royal NavyRoyal NavyThe Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service... - Lennox (character), a fictional character, the "Thane of Lennox" in MacbethMacbethThe Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
- Lennox-Gastaut syndromeLennox-Gastaut syndromeLennox–Gastaut syndrome , also known as Lennox syndrome, is a difficult-to-treat form of childhood-onset epilepsy that most often appears between the second and sixth year of life, and is characterized by frequent seizures and different seizure types; it is often accompanied by developmental delay...
(LGS), also known as Lennox syndrome, a difficult-to-treat form of childhood-onset epilepsy - Lennox StakesLennox StakesThe Lennox Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Goodwood over a distance of 7 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in late July or early August....
, a horse race - Lennox Football ClubLennox Football ClubLennox Football Club was an English 19th century rugby union football club that disbanded in the early twentieth century. It is notable for producing a number of international players and for its role in the Rugby Football Union fight against professionalism....
, a 19th century English rugby club.
See also
- Lenox (disambiguation)
- LinuxLinuxLinux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
, an open-source Unix-like operating-system kernel