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The Lennox (Scottish Gaelic:Leamhnachd,pronounced[ˈʎãũnəxk]) is a region ofScotland centred on theVale of Leven, including its great loch:Loch Lomond.
The nameLennox (earlierLevenax) is a pluralised form of the Gaelic wordLeamhnach, denoting a Lennox man, and ultimately derives fromLeamhain, the Gaelic name for theRiver Leven.[1]
Lennox was not one of the so-called seven ancientProvinces of Scotland, but formed as a province in the Middle Ages. The district embraced the whole of the ancientsheriffdom of Dumbarton: the parishes ofRosneath,Arrochar,Row,Luss,Cardross,Bonhill,Dumbarton,Kilmaronock,New Kilpatrick,Old Kilpatrick,Baldernock,Buchanan,Drymen,Killearn,Balfron,Fintry, andStrathblane, withCampsie andKilsyth, being all within the bounds ruled over by theEarls of Lennox.[2]
In 1581James VI of Scotland grantedEsmé Stewart, Earl of Lennox, the title ofDuke of Lennox;[3] the title is currently held byCharles Gordon-Lennox.
Under local government reforms in the mid-19th century, the province of Lennox was re-structured as theCounty ofDunbartonshire, when the north-eastern shore ofLoch Lomond was transferred toStirlingshire.
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