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Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Henry Charles Gordon-Lennox

Male 1911 - 1987  (76 years)


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  1. 1.  Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Henry Charles Gordon-Lennox was born on 9 April 1911 (son of Major Lord Bernard Charles Gordon-Lennox and Hon. Evelyn Loch); died on 4 July 1987 in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, Middlesex, England.

    Other Events:

    • Military Service: Rear-Admiral, Royal Navy
    • Decoration: 1942; Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)
    • Decoration: 1961; Companion of the Order of the Bath (C.B.)
    • Office: From 1961 to 1976; Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons
    • Occupation: From 1961 to 1962, Greenwich, Kent, England; President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich
    • Decoration: 1972; Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.)

    Notes:

    Military Service:
    Served during the Second World War (mentioned in despatches).

    Alexander married Barbara Steele on 12 Nov. 1936. Barbara (daughter of Maj.-Gen. Julian Steele) died in 1987. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Captain Michael Charles Gordon-Lennox was born on 30 Sept. 1938; died on 10 Jan. 2024.
    2. Commander Andrew Charles Gordon-Lennox was born on 16 Jan. 1948.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Major Lord Bernard Charles Gordon-Lennox was born on 1 May 1878 (son of Colonel Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 7th Duke of Richmond and Amy Mary Ricardo); died on 10 Nov. 1914.

    Other Events:

    • Education: Eton, Buckinghamshire, England; Eton College
    • Education: Sandhurst, Berkshire, England; Royal Military College, Sandhurst
    • Military Service: Major, Grenadier Guards

    Notes:

    Military Service:
    Boer War 1899–1900 and First World War

    Bernard married Hon. Evelyn Loch on 25 July 1907. Evelyn (daughter of Henry Brougham (Loch), 1st Baron Loch and Elizabeth Villiers) was born on 29 July 1876; died on 18 June 1944. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Hon. Evelyn Loch was born on 29 July 1876 (daughter of Henry Brougham (Loch), 1st Baron Loch and Elizabeth Villiers); died on 18 June 1944.
    Children:
    1. Lt.-Gen. Sir George Charles Gordon-Lennox was born on 29 May 1908 in London, Middlesex, England; died on 11 May 1988.
    2. 1. Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Henry Charles Gordon-Lennox was born on 9 April 1911; died on 4 July 1987 in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, Middlesex, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Colonel Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 7th Duke of RichmondColonel Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 7th Duke of Richmond was born on 27 Dec. 1845 in Portland Place, Marylebone, Middlesex, England (son of Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 6th Duke of Richmond and Frances Harriet Greville); died on 18 Jan. 1928 in Goodwood, Sussex, England; was buried on 21 Jan. 1928 in Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, Sussex, England.

    Other Events:

    • Military Service: Colonel, 3rd Royal Sussex Regiment
    • Office: Lord-Lieutenant for Moray and Banffshire
    • Occupation: Steward of the Jockey Club
    • Education: From 1859 to 1863, Eton, Buckinghamshire, England; Eton College
    • Census: 7 April 1861, Molecomb House, Singleton, Sussex, England
    • Military Service: From 1865 to 1869; Grenadier Guards
    • Office: From 1869 to 1885; Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Chichester Division
    • Office: From 1869 to 1885; Member of Parliament (M.P.) for West Sussex
    • Office: From 1885 to 1903; Ecclesiastical Commissioner
    • Decoration: From 1896 to 1901; Militia A.D.C. to Queen Victoria
    • Decoration: From 1901 to 1910; Militia A.D.C. to Edward VII
    • Military Service: From 1901 to 1902; South African War
    • Office: From 1901 to 1926; Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons, Sussex
    • Decoration: 1902; Companion of the Order of the Bath (C.B.)
    • Hereditary Title: From 27 Sept. 1903 to 18 Jan. 1928; 2nd Duke of Gordon [U.K., 1876]
    • Hereditary Title: From 27 Sept. 1903 to 18 Jan. 1928; 2nd Earl of Kinrara [U.K., 1876]
    • Hereditary Title: From 27 Sept. 1903 to 18 Jan. 1928; 7th Baron of Settrington, co. York [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 27 Sept. 1903 to 18 Jan. 1928; 7th Duke of Lennox [S., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 27 Sept. 1903 to 18 Jan. 1928; 7th Duke of Richmond [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 27 Sept. 1903 to 18 Jan. 1928; 7th Earl of Darnley [S., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 27 Sept. 1903 to 18 Jan. 1928; 7th Earl of March [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 27 Sept. 1903 to 18 Jan. 1928; 7th Lord of Torboultoun [S., 1675]
    • Decoration: 1904; Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (G.C.V.O.)
    • Decoration: 18 Dec. 1905; Knight of the Order of the Garter (K.G.)
    • Decoration: From 1910; Militia A.D.C. to George V
    • Office: 1917; Chancellor of Aberdeen University

    Notes:

    Carried the sceptre with the dove at the Coronation of George V, 22 June 1911.

    Office:
    Conservative

    Office:
    Conservative

    Military Service:
    Mentioned in despatches

    Hereditary Title:
    "Torboltoun" (only) in the patent (Mag. Sig.) as quoted in Wood's Douglas, volume ii, page 688, but "Tarbolton" in Scots Peerage, volume v, page 363, and "Methven of Torboltoun" according to the later peerages. See also Cal. S. P. Dom., 1679–80, page 616.

    Charles married Amy Mary Ricardo on 10 Nov. 1868 in St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, Middlesex, England. Amy (daughter of Percy Ricardo and Matilda Hensley) was born on 10 Oct. 1848; died on 23 Aug. 1879 in Grosvenor Crescent, Belgravia, London, Middlesex, England; was buried in Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Amy Mary Ricardo was born on 10 Oct. 1848 (daughter of Percy Ricardo and Matilda Hensley); died on 23 Aug. 1879 in Grosvenor Crescent, Belgravia, London, Middlesex, England; was buried in Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, Sussex, England.
    Children:
    1. Colonel Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 8th Duke of Richmond was born on 30 Dec. 1870; died on 7 May 1935 in Goodwood, Sussex, England.
    2. Lady Evelyn Amy Gordon-Lennox was born on 23 April 1872; died on 17 Feb. 1922.
    3. Lady Violet Mary Gordon-Lennox was born on 15 Jan. 1874; died on 19 Nov. 1946.
    4. Brig.-Gen. Lord Esmé Charles Gordon-Lennox was born on 10 Feb. 1875; died on 4 May 1949.
    5. 2. Major Lord Bernard Charles Gordon-Lennox was born on 1 May 1878; died on 10 Nov. 1914.

  3. 6.  Henry Brougham (Loch), 1st Baron Loch was born on 23 May 1827; died on 20 June 1900.

    Other Events:

    • Decoration: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (G.C.M.G.)
    • Decoration: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (G.C.B.)
    • Office: Privy Councillor (P.C.)
    • Hereditary Title: 18 July 1895; 1st Baron Loch, of Drylaw, Midlothian [U.K., 1895]

    Henry married Elizabeth Villiers on 7 May 1862. Elizabeth (daughter of Hon. Edward Ernest Villiers) died on 12 March 1938. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth Villiers (daughter of Hon. Edward Ernest Villiers); died on 12 March 1938.
    Children:
    1. Edward Douglas (Loch), 2nd Baron Loch was born on 4 April 1873.
    2. Hon. Edith Elizabeth Loch was born on 16 Nov. 1874; died on 10 May 1947.
    3. 3. Hon. Evelyn Loch was born on 29 July 1876; died on 18 June 1944.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 6th Duke of RichmondCharles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 6th Duke of Richmond was born on 27 Feb. 1818 in Richmond House, Whitehall Gardens, London, England; was christened on 26 March 1818 in St. Margaret's, Westminster, Middlesex, England (son of Charles (Gordon-Lennox), 5th Duke of Richmond and Lady Caroline Paget); died on 27 Sept. 1903 in Gordon Castle, Banffshire, Scotland; was buried on 3 Oct. 1903 in Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, Sussex, England.

    Other Events:

    • Education: 1830, Westminster, Middlesex, England; Westminster School
    • Education: From 20 Oct. 1836 to 1839, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Christ Church, University of Oxford
    • Office: From 1841 to 1860; Member of Parliament (M.P.) for West Sussex
    • Office: From 1842 to 1854; Aide-de-Camp (A.D.C.)
    • Office: From March 1859 to June 1859; President of the Poor Law Board
    • Office: 3 March 1859; Privy Councillor (P.C.)
    • Hereditary Title: From 21 Oct. 1860 to 27 Sept. 1903; 6th Baron of Settrington, co. York [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 21 Oct. 1860 to 27 Sept. 1903; 6th Duke of Lennox [S., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 21 Oct. 1860 to 27 Sept. 1903; 6th Duke of Richmond [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 21 Oct. 1860 to 27 Sept. 1903; 6th Earl of Darnley [S., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 21 Oct. 1860 to 27 Sept. 1903; 6th Earl of March [E., 1675]
    • Hereditary Title: From 21 Oct. 1860 to 27 Sept. 1903; 6th Lord of Torboultoun [S., 1675]
    • Census: 7 April 1861, Molecomb House, Singleton, Sussex, England
    • Office: From 10 April 1861 to 27 Sept. 1903; Chancellor of Aberdeen University
    • Office: From 1867 to 1868; President of the Board of Trade
    • Office: From 1867 to 1868; President of the Royal Agricultural Society
    • Decoration: 30 Jan. 1867; Knight of the Order of the Garter (K.G.)
    • Office: From 1870 to 27 Sept. 1903; Elder Brother of the Trinity House
    • Office: From 1870 to 1876; Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords
    • Office: From 1874 to 1880; Lord President of the Council
    • Hereditary Title: From 13 Jan. 1876 to 27 Sept. 1903; 1st Duke of Gordon [U.K., 1876]
    • Hereditary Title: From 13 Jan. 1876 to 27 Sept. 1903; 1st Earl of Kinrara [U.K., 1876]
    • Office: From 1879 to 27 Sept. 1903; Lord Lieutenant of Banff
    • Occupation: 1879; Chairman of the Royal Commission on Agriculture
    • Office: From 1881 to 1885; President of the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
    • Office: From 1882 to 1883; President of the Royal Agricultural Society
    • Office: 1885; An Ecclesiastical Commissioner
    • Office: From 1885 to 1886; Secretary for Scotland
    • Office: From June 1885 to Aug. 1885; President of the Board of Trade

    Notes:

    In thanking him for the gift of a Garter badge after the Berlin Conference, Lord Beaconsfield wrote, 23 July 1878: "We have known each other, now, for more than thirty years, and, often, in trying times; and under any circumstances, it would be agreeable to remember, that there has never been a cloud between us. But it is only of recent years, that I have had an opportunity of becoming duly acquainted with your great and good qualities; . . ." (Monypenny and Buckle, Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, volume vi, pages 359–60). For an obituary notice by Sir Ernest Clarke, in which stress is laid on his services to agriculture, see the Journal of the R. Agric. Soc., volume lxiv (1903), pages 1–15. A cartoon portrait of him appeared in Vanity Fair, 1870.

    Education:
    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

    Office:
    Conservative

    Office:
    To the Duke of Wellington, 1842–52, and to Viscount Hardinge, the Duke's successor as Commander-in-Chief, 1852–54.

    Hereditary Title:
    "Torboltoun" (only) in the patent (Mag. Sig.) as quoted in Wood's Douglas, volume ii, page 688, but "Tarbolton" in Scots Peerage, volume v, page 363, and "Methven of Torboltoun" according to the later peerages. See also Cal. S. P. Dom., 1679–80, page 616.

    Decoration:
    He was the 6th Duke of the 1675 creation who received the Garter. See the Complete Peerage, volume ii, Appendix B, and especially page 586, where, under Stuart and Lennox, the number "seven" includes his son, the 7th Duke.

    Charles married Frances Harriet Greville on 28 Nov. 1843 in St. George's, Hanover Square, London, Middlesex, England. Frances (daughter of Algernon Frederick Greville and Charlotte Maria Cox) was born on 8 March 1824 in London, Middlesex, England; died on 8 March 1887 in Goodwood, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Frances Harriet Greville was born on 8 March 1824 in London, Middlesex, England (daughter of Algernon Frederick Greville and Charlotte Maria Cox); died on 8 March 1887 in Goodwood, Sussex, England.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 7 April 1861, Molecomb House, Singleton, Sussex, England

    Children:
    1. Lady Caroline Elizabeth Gordon-Lennox was born on 12 Oct. 1844 in Marylebone, Middlesex, England; died on 22 Nov. 1934.
    2. 4. Colonel Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 7th Duke of Richmond was born on 27 Dec. 1845 in Portland Place, Marylebone, Middlesex, England; died on 18 Jan. 1928 in Goodwood, Sussex, England; was buried on 21 Jan. 1928 in Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, Sussex, England.
    3. Colonel Lord Algernon Charles Gordon-Lennox was born on 19 Sept. 1847 in Marylebone, Middlesex, England; died on 3 Oct. 1921.
    4. Captain Lord Francis Charles Gordon-Lennox was born on 30 July 1849 in Chelsea, Middlesex, England; died on 1 Jan. 1886.
    5. Lady Florence Augusta Gordon-Lennox was born circa 1852 in Chelsea, Middlesex, England; died on 21 July 1895 in 49, Belgrave Square, Belgravia, Middlesex, England; was buried on 25 July 1895 in Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, Sussex, England.
    6. Rt. Hon. Lord Walter Charles Gordon-Lennox was born on 29 July 1865; died on 21 Oct. 1922.

  3. 10.  Percy Ricardo

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Bramely Park, Surrey, England

    Percy married Matilda Hensley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Matilda Hensley (daughter of John Isaac Hensley).
    Children:
    1. 5. Amy Mary Ricardo was born on 10 Oct. 1848; died on 23 Aug. 1879 in Grosvenor Crescent, Belgravia, London, Middlesex, England; was buried in Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, Sussex, England.

  5. 14.  Hon. Edward Ernest Villiers
    Children:
    1. 7. Elizabeth Villiers died on 12 March 1938.



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