Thomas Lennox

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Lennox was born on 20 August 1770, his father, John Lennox, was 25 and his mother, Jean Trail, was 25.

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Family Time Line

John Lennox
1745–1808
Jean Trail
1745–
John Lenox Sr
1769–1851
Thomas Lennox
1770–
Janet Lennox
1775–1852
Robert Lennox
1777–
Jean Lennox
1779–
Allison Lennox
1782–
William Lennox
1784–1854

Sources (1)

  • Thomas Lennox, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"

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World Events (3)

1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.

In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

Name Meaning

Scottish and northern Irish: habitational name from the districtnear Dumbarton, recorded in 1174 in the form Leuenaichs and inthe following year as Levenax. Apparently it is named fromGaelic leamhan ‘elm’ + the locative suffix -ach +English -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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