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	Gordon-Lennox was born in 1868 ~~at 12 [[Charles Street]] in~~ [[Mayfair]], London,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|work=[[The Belfast News-Letter]] \|date= 24 August 1868\|page=1 }}</~~ref><~~ref>{{~~cite news~~ \|~~title=Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000053/18680823/038/0015 \|access-~~date=26 August 2024 ~~\|work=[[Pall Mall Gazette]] \|date=18 August 1868 \|page=4\|url-access=subscription~~}}~~</ref>~~ the only surviving child of [[Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox]] and his wife, Emily Frances ~~Townley. His grandfathers were [[Charles Gordon-Lennox~~, ~~5th Duke of Richmond]] and~~ [[~~Charles~~ Towneley ~~(MP)~~\|~~Col. Charles~~ Towneley]]. A ~~younger~~ sister died ~~shortly after birth~~ the following year.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001456/18690706/020/0002 \|access-date=25 August 2024 \|work=Chichester Express \|date=6 July 1869 \|page=2\|url-access=subscription}}</ref>		Gordon-Lennox was born in 1868 [[Mayfair]], London,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|work=[[The Belfast News-Letter]] \|date= 24 August 1868\|page= }}</ref>{{page?\|date=August 2024}} the only surviving child of [[Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox]] and his wife, Emily Frances, ''née'' [[Towneley family\|Towneley]]. An infant sister died the following year.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001456/18690706/020/0002 \|access-date=25 August 2024 \|work=Chichester Express \|date=6 July 1869 \|page=2\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was educated at the [[The Oratory School\|Oratory School]], [[Birmingham]], after which he was trained as an actor by [[Sarah Thorne]].<ref name=stage>"Mr Cosmo Gordon-Lennox", ''The Stage'', 4 August 1921, p. 13</ref>

		⚫	As "Cosmo Stuart" he made his first appearance in London, at the [[Playhouse Theatre\|Avenue Theatre]] on 13 November 1894, as Gerard Brewster in a single matinée performance of a farcical comedy, ''The Joker'', presented by Thorne, giving some of her pupils the chance to appear alongside established actors including [[Alfred Maltby]].<ref>"Avenue Theatre", ''The Morning Post'', 14 November 1894, p. 5</ref> He then appeared at the [[Opera Comique]] as Lord Cyril in a [[melodrama]], ''The Wife of Dives'', on 26 November, winning good notices.<ref>"Opera Comique", ''The Morning Post'', 27 November 1894, p. 2; "The Theatre", ''Pall Mall Gazette'', 28 November 1894, p. 4; and "The London Theatres", ''The Era'', 1 December 1894, p. 8</ref> In 1895 he created the small role of the Vicomte de Nanjac in [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[An Ideal Husband]]'', and for the subsequent provincial tour he was promoted to a leading role, Lord Goring.<ref>Wilde, p. 160</ref><ref>"'An Ideal Husband' at the Theatre Royal", Edinburgh Evening News, 20 October 1896, p. 2</ref>
	He was educated at the [[The Oratory School\|Oratory School]], [[Birmingham]], after which he was trained as an actor by [[Sarah Thorne]].<ref name=stage>"Mr Cosmo Gordon-Lennox", ''The Stage'', 4 August 1921, p. 13</ref>

⚫	As "Cosmo Stuart" he made his first appearance in London, at the [[Playhouse Theatre\|Avenue Theatre]] on 13 November 1894, as Gerard Brewster in a single matinée performance of a farcical comedy ''The Joker'', presented by Thorne, giving some of her pupils the chance to appear alongside established actors including [[Alfred Maltby]].<ref>"Avenue Theatre", ''The Morning Post'', 14 November 1894, p. 5</ref> He then appeared at the [[Opera Comique]] as Lord Cyril in a [[melodrama]], ''The Wife of Dives'', on 26 November, winning good notices.<ref>"Opera Comique", ''The Morning Post'', 27 November 1894, p. 2; "The Theatre", ''Pall Mall Gazette'', 28 November 1894, p. 4; and "The London Theatres", ''The Era'', 1 December 1894, p. 8</ref> In 1895 he created the small role of the Vicomte de Nanjac in [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[An Ideal Husband]]'', and for the subsequent provincial tour he was promoted to a leading role, Lord Goring.<ref>Wilde, p. 160</ref><ref>"'An Ideal Husband' at the Theatre Royal", Edinburgh Evening News, 20 October 1896, p. 2</ref>

	His next parts were Mervyn Thorp in ''Mrs Ponderbury's Past'' (Avenue, November 1895). and Paillard in ''A Night Out'', an adaptation of ''[[L'Hôtel du libre échange]]'' by [[Georges Feydeau]] and [[Maurice Desvallières]] ([[Vaudeville Theatre\|Vaudeville]], April 1896).<ref name=stage/> ''[[The Stage]]'' said "he scored a hit in his most pleasing performance of the young guardsman in ''The Adventure of Lady Ursula'' at the [[Duke of York's Theatre\|Duke of York's]] in October of that year".<ref name=stage/> In 1898 he married the actress [[Marie Tempest]], and although he continued his acting career for some years after that – he appeared with [[Seymour Hicks]] in ''Self and Lady'' (1900),<ref>Wearing, p. 49</ref> and with [[Charles Wyndham (actor)\|Charles Wyndham]] in ''The Case of Rebellious Susan'' 1901)<ref>Wearing, p. 94</ref> – he turned mostly to writing, usually under his real name.<ref name=stage/>		His next parts were Mervyn Thorp in ''Mrs Ponderbury's Past'' (Avenue, November 1895). and Paillard in ''A Night Out'', an adaptation of ''[[L'Hôtel du libre échange]]'' by [[Georges Feydeau]] and [[Maurice Desvallières]] ([[Vaudeville Theatre\|Vaudeville]], April 1896).<ref name=stage/> ''[[The Stage]]'' said "he scored a hit in his most pleasing performance of the young guardsman in ''The Adventure of Lady Ursula'' at the [[Duke of York's Theatre\|Duke of York's]] in October of that year".<ref name=stage/> In 1898 he married the actress [[Marie Tempest]], and although he continued his acting career for some years after that – he appeared with [[Seymour Hicks]] in ''Self and Lady'' (1900),<ref>Wearing, p. 49</ref> and with [[Charles Wyndham (actor)\|Charles Wyndham]] in ''The Case of Rebellious Susan'' 1901)<ref>Wearing, p. 94</ref> – he turned mostly to writing, usually under his real name.<ref name=stage/>

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	[[File:Gordon-Lennox-1900.jpg\|Gordon-Lennox c. 1900\|thumb\|alt=youngish, clean shaven white man in late Victorian or Edwardian day wear, seated looking at playful dog at his side]]		[[File:Gordon-Lennox-1900.jpg\|Gordon-Lennox c. 1900\|thumb\|alt=youngish, clean shaven white man in late Victorian or Edwardian day wear, seated looking at playful dog at his side]]
	'''Cosmo Charles Gordon-Lennox''' (17 August 1868 – 31 July 1921), whose stage name was '''Cosmo Stuart''', was an ~~English~~ actor and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He became known as an actor in the 1890s, but by the turn of the century he had begun to concentrate on writing, usually under his real name. He specialised in adapting French comedies for the British stage, but also wrote original works, often as vehicles for his wife, the actress [[Marie Tempest]].		'''Cosmo Charles Gordon-Lennox''' (17 August 1868 – 31 July 1921), whose stage name was '''Cosmo Stuart''', was a British actor and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He became known as an actor in the 1890s, but by the turn of the century he had begun to concentrate on writing, usually under his real name. He specialised in adapting French comedies for the British stage, but also wrote original works, often as vehicles for his wife, the actress [[Marie Tempest]].

	==Life and career==		==Life and career==

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	Gordon-Lennox was born in 1868 at 12 [[~~Berkeley~~ ~~Square~~]] in [[Mayfair]], London,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|work=[[The Belfast News-Letter]] \|date= 24 August 1868\|page=1 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000053/18680823/038/0015 \|access-date=26 August 2024 \|work=[[Pall Mall Gazette]] \|date=18 August 1868 \|page=4\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> the only surviving child of [[Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox]] and his wife, Emily Frances Townley. His grandfathers were [[Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond]] and [[Charles Towneley (MP)\|Col. Charles Towneley]]. A younger sister died shortly after birth the following year.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001456/18690706/020/0002 \|access-date=25 August 2024 \|work=Chichester Express \|date=6 July 1869 \|page=2\|url-access=subscription}}</ref>		Gordon-Lennox was born in 1868 at 12 [[Charles Street]] in [[Mayfair]], London,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|work=[[The Belfast News-Letter]] \|date= 24 August 1868\|page=1 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000053/18680823/038/0015 \|access-date=26 August 2024 \|work=[[Pall Mall Gazette]] \|date=18 August 1868 \|page=4\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> the only surviving child of [[Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox]] and his wife, Emily Frances Townley. His grandfathers were [[Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond]] and [[Charles Towneley (MP)\|Col. Charles Towneley]]. A younger sister died shortly after birth the following year.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001456/18690706/020/0002 \|access-date=25 August 2024 \|work=Chichester Express \|date=6 July 1869 \|page=2\|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

	He was educated at the [[The Oratory School\|Oratory School]], [[Birmingham]], after which he was trained as an actor by [[Sarah Thorne]].<ref name=stage>"Mr Cosmo Gordon-Lennox", ''The Stage'', 4 August 1921, p. 13</ref>		He was educated at the [[The Oratory School\|Oratory School]], [[Birmingham]], after which he was trained as an actor by [[Sarah Thorne]].<ref name=stage>"Mr Cosmo Gordon-Lennox", ''The Stage'', 4 August 1921, p. 13</ref>

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	Gordon-Lennox was born in 1868 at 12 [[Berkeley Square]] in [[Mayfair]], London,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|work=[[The Belfast News-Letter]] \|date= 24 August 1868\|page=1 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000053/18680823/038/0015 \|access-date=26 August 2024 \|work=[[Pall Mall Gazette]] \|date=18 August 1868 \|page=4\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> the only surviving child of [[Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox]] and his wife, Emily Frances, ~~''née''~~ [[Towneley ~~family~~\|Towneley]]. A younger sister died shortly after birth the following year.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001456/18690706/020/0002 \|access-date=25 August 2024 \|work=Chichester Express \|date=6 July 1869 \|page=2\|url-access=subscription}}</ref>		Gordon-Lennox was born in 1868 at 12 [[Berkeley Square]] in [[Mayfair]], London,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|work=[[The Belfast News-Letter]] \|date= 24 August 1868\|page=1 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000053/18680823/038/0015 \|access-date=26 August 2024 \|work=[[Pall Mall Gazette]] \|date=18 August 1868 \|page=4\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> the only surviving child of [[Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox]] and his wife, Emily Frances Townley. His grandfathers were [[Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond]] and [[Charles Towneley (MP)\|Col. Charles Towneley]]. A younger sister died shortly after birth the following year.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001456/18690706/020/0002 \|access-date=25 August 2024 \|work=Chichester Express \|date=6 July 1869 \|page=2\|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

	He was educated at the [[The Oratory School\|Oratory School]], [[Birmingham]], after which he was trained as an actor by [[Sarah Thorne]].<ref name=stage>"Mr Cosmo Gordon-Lennox", ''The Stage'', 4 August 1921, p. 13</ref>		He was educated at the [[The Oratory School\|Oratory School]], [[Birmingham]], after which he was trained as an actor by [[Sarah Thorne]].<ref name=stage>"Mr Cosmo Gordon-Lennox", ''The Stage'', 4 August 1921, p. 13</ref>

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	Gordon-Lennox was born in 1868 in [[Mayfair]], London,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|work=[[The Belfast News-Letter]] \|date= 24 August 1868\|page=1 }}</ref> the only surviving child of [[Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox]] and his wife, Emily Frances, ''née'' [[Towneley family\|Towneley]]. An ~~infant~~ sister died the following year.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001456/18690706/020/0002 \|access-date=25 August 2024 \|work=Chichester Express \|date=6 July 1869 \|page=2\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was educated at the [[The Oratory School\|Oratory School]], [[Birmingham]], after which he was trained as an actor by [[Sarah Thorne]].<ref name=stage>"Mr Cosmo Gordon-Lennox", ''The Stage'', 4 August 1921, p. 13</ref>		Gordon-Lennox was born in 1868 at 12 [[Berkeley Square]] in [[Mayfair]], London,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|work=[[The Belfast News-Letter]] \|date= 24 August 1868\|page=1 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000053/18680823/038/0015 \|access-date=26 August 2024 \|work=[[Pall Mall Gazette]] \|date=18 August 1868 \|page=4\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> the only surviving child of [[Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox]] and his wife, Emily Frances, ''née'' [[Towneley family\|Towneley]]. A younger sister died shortly after birth the following year.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001456/18690706/020/0002 \|access-date=25 August 2024 \|work=Chichester Express \|date=6 July 1869 \|page=2\|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

			He was educated at the [[The Oratory School\|Oratory School]], [[Birmingham]], after which he was trained as an actor by [[Sarah Thorne]].<ref name=stage>"Mr Cosmo Gordon-Lennox", ''The Stage'', 4 August 1921, p. 13</ref>
⚫	As "Cosmo Stuart" he made his first appearance in London, at the [[Playhouse Theatre\|Avenue Theatre]] on 13 November 1894, as Gerard Brewster in a single matinée performance of a farcical comedy, ''The Joker'', presented by Thorne, giving some of her pupils the chance to appear alongside established actors including [[Alfred Maltby]].<ref>"Avenue Theatre", ''The Morning Post'', 14 November 1894, p. 5</ref> He then appeared at the [[Opera Comique]] as Lord Cyril in a [[melodrama]], ''The Wife of Dives'', on 26 November, winning good notices.<ref>"Opera Comique", ''The Morning Post'', 27 November 1894, p. 2; "The Theatre", ''Pall Mall Gazette'', 28 November 1894, p. 4; and "The London Theatres", ''The Era'', 1 December 1894, p. 8</ref> In 1895 he created the small role of the Vicomte de Nanjac in [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[An Ideal Husband]]'', and for the subsequent provincial tour he was promoted to a leading role, Lord Goring.<ref>Wilde, p. 160</ref><ref>"'An Ideal Husband' at the Theatre Royal", Edinburgh Evening News, 20 October 1896, p. 2</ref>

		⚫	As "Cosmo Stuart" he made his first appearance in London, at the [[Playhouse Theatre\|Avenue Theatre]] on 13 November 1894, as Gerard Brewster in a single matinée performance of a farcical comedy ''The Joker'', presented by Thorne, giving some of her pupils the chance to appear alongside established actors including [[Alfred Maltby]].<ref>"Avenue Theatre", ''The Morning Post'', 14 November 1894, p. 5</ref> He then appeared at the [[Opera Comique]] as Lord Cyril in a [[melodrama]], ''The Wife of Dives'', on 26 November, winning good notices.<ref>"Opera Comique", ''The Morning Post'', 27 November 1894, p. 2; "The Theatre", ''Pall Mall Gazette'', 28 November 1894, p. 4; and "The London Theatres", ''The Era'', 1 December 1894, p. 8</ref> In 1895 he created the small role of the Vicomte de Nanjac in [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[An Ideal Husband]]'', and for the subsequent provincial tour he was promoted to a leading role, Lord Goring.<ref>Wilde, p. 160</ref><ref>"'An Ideal Husband' at the Theatre Royal", Edinburgh Evening News, 20 October 1896, p. 2</ref>

	His next parts were Mervyn Thorp in ''Mrs Ponderbury's Past'' (Avenue, November 1895). and Paillard in ''A Night Out'', an adaptation of ''[[L'Hôtel du libre échange]]'' by [[Georges Feydeau]] and [[Maurice Desvallières]] ([[Vaudeville Theatre\|Vaudeville]], April 1896).<ref name=stage/> ''[[The Stage]]'' said "he scored a hit in his most pleasing performance of the young guardsman in ''The Adventure of Lady Ursula'' at the [[Duke of York's Theatre\|Duke of York's]] in October of that year".<ref name=stage/> In 1898 he married the actress [[Marie Tempest]], and although he continued his acting career for some years after that – he appeared with [[Seymour Hicks]] in ''Self and Lady'' (1900),<ref>Wearing, p. 49</ref> and with [[Charles Wyndham (actor)\|Charles Wyndham]] in ''The Case of Rebellious Susan'' 1901)<ref>Wearing, p. 94</ref> – he turned mostly to writing, usually under his real name.<ref name=stage/>		His next parts were Mervyn Thorp in ''Mrs Ponderbury's Past'' (Avenue, November 1895). and Paillard in ''A Night Out'', an adaptation of ''[[L'Hôtel du libre échange]]'' by [[Georges Feydeau]] and [[Maurice Desvallières]] ([[Vaudeville Theatre\|Vaudeville]], April 1896).<ref name=stage/> ''[[The Stage]]'' said "he scored a hit in his most pleasing performance of the young guardsman in ''The Adventure of Lady Ursula'' at the [[Duke of York's Theatre\|Duke of York's]] in October of that year".<ref name=stage/> In 1898 he married the actress [[Marie Tempest]], and although he continued his acting career for some years after that – he appeared with [[Seymour Hicks]] in ''Self and Lady'' (1900),<ref>Wearing, p. 49</ref> and with [[Charles Wyndham (actor)\|Charles Wyndham]] in ''The Case of Rebellious Susan'' 1901)<ref>Wearing, p. 94</ref> – he turned mostly to writing, usually under his real name.<ref name=stage/>

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	Gordon-Lennox was born in 1868 [[Mayfair]], London,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|work=[[The Belfast News-Letter]] \|date= 24 August 1868\|page=1 }}</ref>the only surviving child of [[Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox]] and his wife, Emily Frances, ''née'' [[Towneley family\|Towneley]]. An infant sister died the following year.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001456/18690706/020/0002 \|access-date=25 August 2024 \|work=Chichester Express \|date=6 July 1869 \|page=2\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was educated at the [[The Oratory School\|Oratory School]], [[Birmingham]], after which he was trained as an actor by [[Sarah Thorne]].<ref name=stage>"Mr Cosmo Gordon-Lennox", ''The Stage'', 4 August 1921, p. 13</ref>		Gordon-Lennox was born in 1868 in [[Mayfair]], London,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|work=[[The Belfast News-Letter]] \|date= 24 August 1868\|page=1 }}</ref> the only surviving child of [[Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox]] and his wife, Emily Frances, ''née'' [[Towneley family\|Towneley]]. An infant sister died the following year.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001456/18690706/020/0002 \|access-date=25 August 2024 \|work=Chichester Express \|date=6 July 1869 \|page=2\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was educated at the [[The Oratory School\|Oratory School]], [[Birmingham]], after which he was trained as an actor by [[Sarah Thorne]].<ref name=stage>"Mr Cosmo Gordon-Lennox", ''The Stage'', 4 August 1921, p. 13</ref>

	As "Cosmo Stuart" he made his first appearance in London, at the [[Playhouse Theatre\|Avenue Theatre]] on 13 November 1894, as Gerard Brewster in a single matinée performance of a farcical comedy, ''The Joker'', presented by Thorne, giving some of her pupils the chance to appear alongside established actors including [[Alfred Maltby]].<ref>"Avenue Theatre", ''The Morning Post'', 14 November 1894, p. 5</ref> He then appeared at the [[Opera Comique]] as Lord Cyril in a [[melodrama]], ''The Wife of Dives'', on 26 November, winning good notices.<ref>"Opera Comique", ''The Morning Post'', 27 November 1894, p. 2; "The Theatre", ''Pall Mall Gazette'', 28 November 1894, p. 4; and "The London Theatres", ''The Era'', 1 December 1894, p. 8</ref> In 1895 he created the small role of the Vicomte de Nanjac in [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[An Ideal Husband]]'', and for the subsequent provincial tour he was promoted to a leading role, Lord Goring.<ref>Wilde, p. 160</ref><ref>"'An Ideal Husband' at the Theatre Royal", Edinburgh Evening News, 20 October 1896, p. 2</ref>		As "Cosmo Stuart" he made his first appearance in London, at the [[Playhouse Theatre\|Avenue Theatre]] on 13 November 1894, as Gerard Brewster in a single matinée performance of a farcical comedy, ''The Joker'', presented by Thorne, giving some of her pupils the chance to appear alongside established actors including [[Alfred Maltby]].<ref>"Avenue Theatre", ''The Morning Post'', 14 November 1894, p. 5</ref> He then appeared at the [[Opera Comique]] as Lord Cyril in a [[melodrama]], ''The Wife of Dives'', on 26 November, winning good notices.<ref>"Opera Comique", ''The Morning Post'', 27 November 1894, p. 2; "The Theatre", ''Pall Mall Gazette'', 28 November 1894, p. 4; and "The London Theatres", ''The Era'', 1 December 1894, p. 8</ref> In 1895 he created the small role of the Vicomte de Nanjac in [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[An Ideal Husband]]'', and for the subsequent provincial tour he was promoted to a leading role, Lord Goring.<ref>Wilde, p. 160</ref><ref>"'An Ideal Husband' at the Theatre Royal", Edinburgh Evening News, 20 October 1896, p. 2</ref>

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	Gordon-Lennox was born in 1868 [[Mayfair]], London,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|work=[[The Belfast News-Letter]] \|date= 24 August 1868\|page= }}</ref>~~{{page?\|date=August 2024}}~~ the only surviving child of [[Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox]] and his wife, Emily Frances, ''née'' [[Towneley family\|Towneley]]. An infant sister died the following year.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001456/18690706/020/0002 \|access-date=25 August 2024 \|work=Chichester Express \|date=6 July 1869 \|page=2\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was educated at the [[The Oratory School\|Oratory School]], [[Birmingham]], after which he was trained as an actor by [[Sarah Thorne]].<ref name=stage>"Mr Cosmo Gordon-Lennox", ''The Stage'', 4 August 1921, p. 13</ref>		Gordon-Lennox was born in 1868 [[Mayfair]], London,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|work=[[The Belfast News-Letter]] \|date= 24 August 1868\|page=1 }}</ref>the only surviving child of [[Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox]] and his wife, Emily Frances, ''née'' [[Towneley family\|Towneley]]. An infant sister died the following year.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001456/18690706/020/0002 \|access-date=25 August 2024 \|work=Chichester Express \|date=6 July 1869 \|page=2\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was educated at the [[The Oratory School\|Oratory School]], [[Birmingham]], after which he was trained as an actor by [[Sarah Thorne]].<ref name=stage>"Mr Cosmo Gordon-Lennox", ''The Stage'', 4 August 1921, p. 13</ref>

	As "Cosmo Stuart" he made his first appearance in London, at the [[Playhouse Theatre\|Avenue Theatre]] on 13 November 1894, as Gerard Brewster in a single matinée performance of a farcical comedy, ''The Joker'', presented by Thorne, giving some of her pupils the chance to appear alongside established actors including [[Alfred Maltby]].<ref>"Avenue Theatre", ''The Morning Post'', 14 November 1894, p. 5</ref> He then appeared at the [[Opera Comique]] as Lord Cyril in a [[melodrama]], ''The Wife of Dives'', on 26 November, winning good notices.<ref>"Opera Comique", ''The Morning Post'', 27 November 1894, p. 2; "The Theatre", ''Pall Mall Gazette'', 28 November 1894, p. 4; and "The London Theatres", ''The Era'', 1 December 1894, p. 8</ref> In 1895 he created the small role of the Vicomte de Nanjac in [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[An Ideal Husband]]'', and for the subsequent provincial tour he was promoted to a leading role, Lord Goring.<ref>Wilde, p. 160</ref><ref>"'An Ideal Husband' at the Theatre Royal", Edinburgh Evening News, 20 October 1896, p. 2</ref>		As "Cosmo Stuart" he made his first appearance in London, at the [[Playhouse Theatre\|Avenue Theatre]] on 13 November 1894, as Gerard Brewster in a single matinée performance of a farcical comedy, ''The Joker'', presented by Thorne, giving some of her pupils the chance to appear alongside established actors including [[Alfred Maltby]].<ref>"Avenue Theatre", ''The Morning Post'', 14 November 1894, p. 5</ref> He then appeared at the [[Opera Comique]] as Lord Cyril in a [[melodrama]], ''The Wife of Dives'', on 26 November, winning good notices.<ref>"Opera Comique", ''The Morning Post'', 27 November 1894, p. 2; "The Theatre", ''Pall Mall Gazette'', 28 November 1894, p. 4; and "The London Theatres", ''The Era'', 1 December 1894, p. 8</ref> In 1895 he created the small role of the Vicomte de Nanjac in [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[An Ideal Husband]]'', and for the subsequent provincial tour he was promoted to a leading role, Lord Goring.<ref>Wilde, p. 160</ref><ref>"'An Ideal Husband' at the Theatre Royal", Edinburgh Evening News, 20 October 1896, p. 2</ref>

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	Gordon-Lennox was born in 1868 [[Mayfair]], London,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|work=[[The Belfast News-Letter]] \|date= 24 August 1868\|page= }}</ref>{{page?}} the only surviving child of [[Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox]] and his wife, Emily Frances, ''née'' [[Towneley family\|Towneley]]. An infant sister died the following year.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001456/18690706/020/0002 \|access-date=25 August 2024 \|work=Chichester Express \|date=6 July 1869 \|page=2\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was educated at the [[The Oratory School\|Oratory School]], [[Birmingham]], after which he was trained as an actor by [[Sarah Thorne]].<ref name=stage>"Mr Cosmo Gordon-Lennox", ''The Stage'', 4 August 1921, p. 13</ref>		Gordon-Lennox was born in 1868 [[Mayfair]], London,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|work=[[The Belfast News-Letter]] \|date= 24 August 1868\|page= }}</ref>{{page?\|date=August 2024}} the only surviving child of [[Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox]] and his wife, Emily Frances, ''née'' [[Towneley family\|Towneley]]. An infant sister died the following year.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001456/18690706/020/0002 \|access-date=25 August 2024 \|work=Chichester Express \|date=6 July 1869 \|page=2\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was educated at the [[The Oratory School\|Oratory School]], [[Birmingham]], after which he was trained as an actor by [[Sarah Thorne]].<ref name=stage>"Mr Cosmo Gordon-Lennox", ''The Stage'', 4 August 1921, p. 13</ref>

	As "Cosmo Stuart" he made his first appearance in London, at the [[Playhouse Theatre\|Avenue Theatre]] on 13 November 1894, as Gerard Brewster in a single matinée performance of a farcical comedy, ''The Joker'', presented by Thorne, giving some of her pupils the chance to appear alongside established actors including [[Alfred Maltby]].<ref>"Avenue Theatre", ''The Morning Post'', 14 November 1894, p. 5</ref> He then appeared at the [[Opera Comique]] as Lord Cyril in a [[melodrama]], ''The Wife of Dives'', on 26 November, winning good notices.<ref>"Opera Comique", ''The Morning Post'', 27 November 1894, p. 2; "The Theatre", ''Pall Mall Gazette'', 28 November 1894, p. 4; and "The London Theatres", ''The Era'', 1 December 1894, p. 8</ref> In 1895 he created the small role of the Vicomte de Nanjac in [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[An Ideal Husband]]'', and for the subsequent provincial tour he was promoted to a leading role, Lord Goring.<ref>Wilde, p. 160</ref><ref>"'An Ideal Husband' at the Theatre Royal", Edinburgh Evening News, 20 October 1896, p. 2</ref>		As "Cosmo Stuart" he made his first appearance in London, at the [[Playhouse Theatre\|Avenue Theatre]] on 13 November 1894, as Gerard Brewster in a single matinée performance of a farcical comedy, ''The Joker'', presented by Thorne, giving some of her pupils the chance to appear alongside established actors including [[Alfred Maltby]].<ref>"Avenue Theatre", ''The Morning Post'', 14 November 1894, p. 5</ref> He then appeared at the [[Opera Comique]] as Lord Cyril in a [[melodrama]], ''The Wife of Dives'', on 26 November, winning good notices.<ref>"Opera Comique", ''The Morning Post'', 27 November 1894, p. 2; "The Theatre", ''Pall Mall Gazette'', 28 November 1894, p. 4; and "The London Theatres", ''The Era'', 1 December 1894, p. 8</ref> In 1895 he created the small role of the Vicomte de Nanjac in [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[An Ideal Husband]]'', and for the subsequent provincial tour he was promoted to a leading role, Lord Goring.<ref>Wilde, p. 160</ref><ref>"'An Ideal Husband' at the Theatre Royal", Edinburgh Evening News, 20 October 1896, p. 2</ref>

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	[[File:Gordon-Lennox-1900.jpg\|Gordon-Lennox c. 1900\|thumb\|alt=youngish, clean shaven white man in late Victorian or Edwardian day wear, seated looking at playful dog at his side]]		[[File:Gordon-Lennox-1900.jpg\|Gordon-Lennox c. 1900\|thumb\|alt=youngish, clean shaven white man in late Victorian or Edwardian day wear, seated looking at playful dog at his side]]
	'''Cosmo Charles Gordon-Lennox''' (17 August 1868 – 31 July 1921), whose stage name was '''Cosmo Stuart''', was a ~~British~~ actor and playwright of the late-19th and early-20th centuries. He became known as an actor in the 1890s, but by the turn of the century he had begun to concentrate on writing, usually under his real name. He specialised in adapting French comedies for the British stage, but also wrote original works, often as vehicles for his wife, the actress [[Marie Tempest]].		'''Cosmo Charles Gordon-Lennox''' (17 August 1868 – 31 July 1921), whose stage name was '''Cosmo Stuart''', was an English actor and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He became known as an actor in the 1890s, but by the turn of the century he had begun to concentrate on writing, usually under his real name. He specialised in adapting French comedies for the British stage, but also wrote original works, often as vehicles for his wife, the actress [[Marie Tempest]].

	==Life and career==		==Life and career==
	===Early years===		===Early years===
	Gordon-Lennox was born in 1868 ~~at 12~~ [[~~Charles Street,~~ Mayfair]],<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|work=[[The Belfast News-Letter]] ~~\|publisher=~~ \|date= 24 August 1868\|page= }}</ref> the only surviving child of [[Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox]] and his wife, Emily Frances, ''née'' [[Towneley family\|Towneley]]. ~~The~~ ~~following~~ ~~year,~~ ~~his~~ ~~mother~~ ~~gave~~ ~~birth to a daughter who lived only a few hours~~.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001456/18690706/020/0002 \|access-date=25 August 2024 \|work=Chichester Express \|date=6 July 1869 \|page=2\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was educated at the [[The Oratory School\|Oratory School]], [[Birmingham]], after which he was trained as an actor by [[Sarah Thorne]].<ref name=stage>"Mr Cosmo Gordon-Lennox", ''The Stage'', 4 August 1921, p. 13</ref>		Gordon-Lennox was born in 1868 [[Mayfair]], London,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|work=[[The Belfast News-Letter]] \|date= 24 August 1868\|page= }}</ref>{{page?}} the only surviving child of [[Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox]] and his wife, Emily Frances, ''née'' [[Towneley family\|Towneley]]. An infant sister died the following year.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001456/18690706/020/0002 \|access-date=25 August 2024 \|work=Chichester Express \|date=6 July 1869 \|page=2\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was educated at the [[The Oratory School\|Oratory School]], [[Birmingham]], after which he was trained as an actor by [[Sarah Thorne]].<ref name=stage>"Mr Cosmo Gordon-Lennox", ''The Stage'', 4 August 1921, p. 13</ref>

	As "Cosmo Stuart" he made his first appearance in London, at the [[Playhouse Theatre\|Avenue Theatre]] on 13 November 1894, as Gerard Brewster in a single matinée performance of a farcical comedy, ''The Joker'', presented by Thorne, giving some of her pupils the chance to appear alongside established actors including [[Alfred Maltby]].<ref>"Avenue Theatre", ''The Morning Post'', 14 November 1894, p. 5</ref> He then appeared at the [[Opera Comique]] as Lord Cyril in a [[melodrama]], ''The Wife of Dives'', on 26 November, winning good notices.<ref>"Opera Comique", ''The Morning Post'', 27 November 1894, p. 2; "The Theatre", ''Pall Mall Gazette'', 28 November 1894, p. 4; and "The London Theatres", ''The Era'', 1 December 1894, p. 8</ref> In 1895 he created the small role of the Vicomte de Nanjac in [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[An Ideal Husband]]'', and for the subsequent provincial tour he was promoted to a leading role, Lord Goring.<ref>Wilde, p. 160</ref><ref>"'An Ideal Husband' at the Theatre Royal", Edinburgh Evening News, 20 October 1896, p. 2</ref>		As "Cosmo Stuart" he made his first appearance in London, at the [[Playhouse Theatre\|Avenue Theatre]] on 13 November 1894, as Gerard Brewster in a single matinée performance of a farcical comedy, ''The Joker'', presented by Thorne, giving some of her pupils the chance to appear alongside established actors including [[Alfred Maltby]].<ref>"Avenue Theatre", ''The Morning Post'', 14 November 1894, p. 5</ref> He then appeared at the [[Opera Comique]] as Lord Cyril in a [[melodrama]], ''The Wife of Dives'', on 26 November, winning good notices.<ref>"Opera Comique", ''The Morning Post'', 27 November 1894, p. 2; "The Theatre", ''Pall Mall Gazette'', 28 November 1894, p. 4; and "The London Theatres", ''The Era'', 1 December 1894, p. 8</ref> In 1895 he created the small role of the Vicomte de Nanjac in [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[An Ideal Husband]]'', and for the subsequent provincial tour he was promoted to a leading role, Lord Goring.<ref>Wilde, p. 160</ref><ref>"'An Ideal Husband' at the Theatre Royal", Edinburgh Evening News, 20 October 1896, p. 2</ref>

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	'''Cosmo Charles Gordon-Lennox''' (17 August ~~1869~~ – 31 July 1921), whose stage name was '''Cosmo Stuart''', was a British actor and playwright of the late-19th and early-20th centuries. He became known as an actor in the 1890s, but by the turn of the century he had begun to concentrate on writing, usually under his real name. He specialised in adapting French comedies for the British stage, but also wrote original works, often as vehicles for his wife, the actress [[Marie Tempest]].		'''Cosmo Charles Gordon-Lennox''' (17 August 1868 – 31 July 1921), whose stage name was '''Cosmo Stuart''', was a British actor and playwright of the late-19th and early-20th centuries. He became known as an actor in the 1890s, but by the turn of the century he had begun to concentrate on writing, usually under his real name. He specialised in adapting French comedies for the British stage, but also wrote original works, often as vehicles for his wife, the actress [[Marie Tempest]].

	==Life and career==		==Life and career==
	===Early years===		===Early years===
	Gordon-Lennox was born on 17 ~~August~~ ~~1869~~, the only ~~son~~ of [[Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox]] and his wife, Emily Frances, ''née'' [[Towneley family\|Towneley]].<ref>[https://www.~~ancestry~~.co.uk/~~family-tree~~/~~person~~/~~tree~~/~~40725423~~/~~person~~/~~19529491108/facts~~ ~~"Alexander~~ ~~Francis~~ ~~Charles~~ ~~Gordon-Lennox"],~~ ~~Ancestry.~~ ~~Retrieved~~ 17 ~~April 2021~~ {{subscription ~~required~~}}</ref> He was educated at the [[The Oratory School\|Oratory School]], [[Birmingham]], after which he was trained as an actor by [[Sarah Thorne]].<ref name=stage>"Mr Cosmo Gordon-Lennox", ''The Stage'', 4 August 1921, p. 13</ref>		Gordon-Lennox was born in 1868 at 12 [[Charles Street, Mayfair]],<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|work=[[The Belfast News-Letter]] \|publisher= \|date= 24 August 1868\|page= }}</ref> the only surviving child of [[Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox]] and his wife, Emily Frances, ''née'' [[Towneley family\|Towneley]]. The following year, his mother gave birth to a daughter who lived only a few hours.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Births \|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001456/18690706/020/0002 \|access-date=25 August 2024 \|work=Chichester Express \|date=6 July 1869 \|page=2\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was educated at the [[The Oratory School\|Oratory School]], [[Birmingham]], after which he was trained as an actor by [[Sarah Thorne]].<ref name=stage>"Mr Cosmo Gordon-Lennox", ''The Stage'', 4 August 1921, p. 13</ref>

	As "Cosmo Stuart" he made his first appearance in London, at the [[Playhouse Theatre\|Avenue Theatre]] on 13 November 1894, as Gerard Brewster in a single matinée performance of a farcical comedy, ''The Joker'', presented by Thorne, giving some of her pupils the chance to appear alongside established actors including [[Alfred Maltby]].<ref>"Avenue Theatre", ''The Morning Post'', 14 November 1894, p. 5</ref> He then appeared at the [[Opera Comique]] as Lord Cyril in a [[melodrama]], ''The Wife of Dives'', on 26 November, winning good notices.<ref>"Opera Comique", ''The Morning Post'', 27 November 1894, p. 2; "The Theatre", ''Pall Mall Gazette'', 28 November 1894, p. 4; and "The London Theatres", ''The Era'', 1 December 1894, p. 8</ref> In 1895 he created the small role of the Vicomte de Nanjac in [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[An Ideal Husband]]'', and for the subsequent provincial tour he was promoted to a leading role, Lord Goring.<ref>Wilde, p. 160</ref><ref>"'An Ideal Husband' at the Theatre Royal", Edinburgh Evening News, 20 October 1896, p. 2</ref>		As "Cosmo Stuart" he made his first appearance in London, at the [[Playhouse Theatre\|Avenue Theatre]] on 13 November 1894, as Gerard Brewster in a single matinée performance of a farcical comedy, ''The Joker'', presented by Thorne, giving some of her pupils the chance to appear alongside established actors including [[Alfred Maltby]].<ref>"Avenue Theatre", ''The Morning Post'', 14 November 1894, p. 5</ref> He then appeared at the [[Opera Comique]] as Lord Cyril in a [[melodrama]], ''The Wife of Dives'', on 26 November, winning good notices.<ref>"Opera Comique", ''The Morning Post'', 27 November 1894, p. 2; "The Theatre", ''Pall Mall Gazette'', 28 November 1894, p. 4; and "The London Theatres", ''The Era'', 1 December 1894, p. 8</ref> In 1895 he created the small role of the Vicomte de Nanjac in [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[An Ideal Husband]]'', and for the subsequent provincial tour he was promoted to a leading role, Lord Goring.<ref>Wilde, p. 160</ref><ref>"'An Ideal Husband' at the Theatre Royal", Edinburgh Evening News, 20 October 1896, p. 2</ref>
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	''The Thief '' ([[St James's Theatre\|St James's]], November 1907), from [[Henri Bernstein\|Henry Bernstein]]'s ''Le Voleur'', ran for 186 performances and was judged a skilful adaptation.<ref name=stage/><ref>Wearing, p. 607</ref> Another adaptation from the French, ''Angela'' (1907), had a starry cast including Tempest, [[Allan Aynesworth]], [[Eric Lewis (actor)\| Eric Lewis]], [[Lillah McCarthy]] and [[Lydia Bilbrook]], but had only a moderate run of 75 performances.<ref>Wearing, pp. 613–614</ref> Gordon-Lennox's last plays included ''Her Sister'' (1907), co-written with [[Clyde Fitch]], seen on Broadway, starring [[Ethel Barrymore]],<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/her-sister-6492#OpeningNightCast "Her Sister"], Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 17 April 2021</ref> and ''Helena's Path'' written jointly with [[Anthony Hope]], (Duke of York's, May 1910).<ref name=stage/>		''The Thief '' ([[St James's Theatre\|St James's]], November 1907), from [[Henri Bernstein\|Henry Bernstein]]'s ''Le Voleur'', ran for 186 performances and was judged a skilful adaptation.<ref name=stage/><ref>Wearing, p. 607</ref> Another adaptation from the French, ''Angela'' (1907), had a starry cast including Tempest, [[Allan Aynesworth]], [[Eric Lewis (actor)\| Eric Lewis]], [[Lillah McCarthy]] and [[Lydia Bilbrook]], but had only a moderate run of 75 performances.<ref>Wearing, pp. 613–614</ref> Gordon-Lennox's last plays included ''Her Sister'' (1907), co-written with [[Clyde Fitch]], seen on Broadway, starring [[Ethel Barrymore]],<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/her-sister-6492#OpeningNightCast "Her Sister"], Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 17 April 2021</ref> and ''Helena's Path'' written jointly with [[Anthony Hope]], (Duke of York's, May 1910).<ref name=stage/>

	Gordon-Lennox died at the cottage hospital, [[Marlow, Buckinghamshire\|Marlow]], Buckinghamshire, after an unsuccessful operation, aged 51. He and Tempest had no children; she later remarried.<ref name=stage/><ref>Gray, Frances. [https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-36450 "Tempest, Dame Marie (real name Susan Mary Etherington) (1864–1942), actress"], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004 {{ODNBsub}}</ref>		Gordon-Lennox died at the cottage hospital, [[Marlow, Buckinghamshire\|Marlow]], Buckinghamshire, after an unsuccessful operation, aged 52. He and Tempest had no children; she later remarried.<ref name=stage/><ref>Gray, Frances. [https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-36450 "Tempest, Dame Marie (real name Susan Mary Etherington) (1864–1942), actress"], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004 {{ODNBsub}}</ref>

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