George Gordon-Lennox
Sir George Gordon-Lennox | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 May 1908 |
| Died | 11 May 1988 (aged 79) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1928–1966 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Service number | 39276 |
| Unit | Grenadier Guards |
| Commands held | Grenadier Guards 1st Guards Brigade 3rd Division Royal Military College, Sandhurst Scottish Command |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Distinguished Service Order Military Cross |
Lieutenant-General Sir George Charles Gordon-Lennox KBE CB CVO DSO (29 May 1908 – 11 May 1988) was a senior British Army officer who served during the Second World War.
Military career[edit]
Gordon-Lennox was the eldest child of Lord Bernard Gordon-Lennox and a grandson of the 7th Duke of Richmond. His mother was Evelyn, daughter of Henry Loch, 1st Baron Loch. He was educated at Eton and was a Page of Honour to George V from 1921 to 1924.[1]
After Eton, he trained at Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1928.[2]
He fought with the Grenadier Guards in the Second World War, in which he was wounded, awarded the DSO and mentioned in despatches.
In 1951 Gordon-Lennox was appointed Commanding Officer of the Grenadier Guards[2] and in 1952 he was awarded the CVO. In 1952 he also became Commander of 1st Guards Brigade.[2] He went on to be General Officer Commanding 3rd Division in 1959.[2] In 1960 he became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and then Director-General of Military Training at the War Office in 1963.[2] A year later, he was knighted and transferred to Scotland where he was General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Scottish Command and Governor of Edinburgh Castle until 1966.[2]
In 1965, he became Colonel of the Gordon Highlanders and his last post was in retirement, as King of Arms of the Order of the British Empire from 1968 until 1983.
Family[edit]
He married Nancy Brenda Darell and they went on together to have two sons (the eldest was Major-General Bernard Gordon Lennox).[1]
References[edit]
- British Army lieutenant generals
- Grenadier Guards officers
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Commandants of Sandhurst
- Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Lennox family
- Pages of Honour
- 1908 births
- 1988 deaths
- Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
- People educated at Eton College