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Maj.-Gen. Bernard Charles Gordon Lennox

Male 1932 - 2017  (85 years)


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  1. 1.  Maj.-Gen. Bernard Charles Gordon Lennox was born on 19 Sept. 1932 (son of Lt.-Gen. Sir George Charles Gordon-Lennox and Nancy Brenda Darell); died on 27 Dec. 2017.

    Other Events:

    • Education: Eton, Buckinghamshire, England; Eton College
    • Education: Sandhurst, Berkshire, England; Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
    • Office: From 1946 to 1949; Page of Honour to H.M. George VI
    • Decoration: 1968; Member of the Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)
    • Military Service: 1974; Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards
    • Decoration: 1986; Companion of the Order of the Bath (C.B.)
    • Military Service: From 1989 to 1995; Lieutenant-Colonel, Grenadier Guards
    • Occupation: From 1992; Chairman of the Guards Polo Club
    • Military Service: From 1995; Major-General, Grenadier Guards
    • Residence: 2003, Hill House, Eversley, Hampshire, England

    Bernard married Sally-Rose Warner on 20 Nov. 1958. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Edward Charles Gordon Lennox was born on 30 Jan. 1961.
    2. Angus Charles Gordon Lennox was born on 4 Feb. 1964.
    3. Charles Bernard Gordon Lennox was born on 18 June 1970.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lt.-Gen. Sir George Charles Gordon-Lennox was born on 29 May 1908 in London, Middlesex, England (son of Major Lord Bernard Charles Gordon-Lennox and Hon. Evelyn Loch); died on 11 May 1988.

    Other Events:

    • Education: Eton, Buckinghamshire, England; Eton College
    • Education: Sandhurst, Berkshire, England; Royal Military College, Sandhurst
    • Military Service: Lieutenant-General, Grenadier Guards
    • Residence: Gordon Castle, Fochabers, Morayshire, Scotland
    • Office: From 1921 to 1924; Page of Honour to H.M. George V
    • Decoration: 1943; Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)
    • Decoration: 1952; Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.)
    • Decoration: 1959; Companion of the Order of the Bath (C.B.)
    • Occupation: From 1959 to 1963, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England; Commandant
    • Occupation: From 1963 to 1964; Director-General of Military Training, War Office
    • Decoration: 1964; Knight of the Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.)
    • Office: From 1964 to 1966; General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Scottish Command
    • Office: From 1964 to 1966; Governor of Edinburgh Castle
    • Military Service: 1965; Colonel, Gordon Highlanders
    • Military Service: From 1968 to 1988; King of Arms of the Order of the British Empire

    Notes:

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

    George married Nancy Brenda Darell on 16 July 1931. Nancy (daughter of Sir Lionel Edward Hamilton Marmaduke Darell, 6th Baronet) died in 1993. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Nancy Brenda Darell (daughter of Sir Lionel Edward Hamilton Marmaduke Darell, 6th Baronet); died in 1993.
    Children:
    1. 1. Maj.-Gen. Bernard Charles Gordon Lennox was born on 19 Sept. 1932; died on 27 Dec. 2017.
    2. Colonel David Henry Charles Gordon Lennox was born on 2 Aug. 1935.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  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. 5.  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. 2. Lt.-Gen. Sir George Charles Gordon-Lennox was born on 29 May 1908 in London, Middlesex, England; died on 11 May 1988.
    2. 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.

  3. 6.  Sir Lionel Edward Hamilton Marmaduke Darell, 6th Baronet

    Other Events:

    • Decoration: Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)
    • Hereditary Title: 6th Baronet

    Children:
    1. 3. Nancy Brenda Darell died in 1993.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  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. 9.  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. 4. Major Lord Bernard Charles Gordon-Lennox was born on 1 May 1878; died on 10 Nov. 1914.

  3. 10.  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. 11.  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. 5. Hon. Evelyn Loch was born on 29 July 1876; died on 18 June 1944.



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