Lt.-Gen. Sir George Charles Gordon-Lennox

1908 - 1988  (79 years)

• Name	George Charles Gordon-Lennox  [1]
  Title	Lt.-Gen.
  Prefix	Sir
  Born	29 May 1908	London, Middlesex, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Education	Eton, Buckinghamshire, England   [1]
  	Eton College
  Education	Sandhurst, Berkshire, England   [1]
  	Royal Military College, Sandhurst
  Office	From 1921 to 1924  [1]
  	Page of Honour to H.M. George V
  Decoration	1943  [1]
  	Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)
  Decoration	1952  [1]
  	Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.)
  Decoration	1959  [1]
  	Companion of the Order of the Bath (C.B.)
  Occupation	From 1959 to 1963	Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England   [1]
  	Commandant
  Occupation	From 1963 to 1964  [1]
  	Director-General of Military Training, War Office
  Decoration	1964  [1]
  	Knight of the Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.)
  Military Service	Lieutenant-General, Grenadier Guards  [1]
  	Served during the Second World War (wounded, mentioned in despatches).
  Office	From 1964 to 1966  [1]
  	General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Scottish Command
  Office	From 1964 to 1966  [1]
  	Governor of Edinburgh Castle
  Military Service	1965  [1]
  	Colonel, Gordon Highlanders
  Military Service	From 1968 to 1988  [1]
  	King of Arms of the Order of the British Empire
  Residence	Gordon Castle, Fochabers, Morayshire, Scotland   [3]
  Died	11 May 1988  [2]
  Person ID	I1054	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	20 April 2019

  
  

  Father	Major Lord Bernard Charles Gordon-Lennox,   b. 1 May 1878,   d. 10 Nov. 1914  (Age 36 years)
  Mother	Hon. Evelyn Loch,   b. 29 July 1876,   d. 18 June 1944  (Age 67 years)
  Married	25 July 1907  [1]
  Family ID	F567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Brenda Darell,   d. 1993
  Married	16 July 1931  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Maj.-Gen. Bernard Charles Gordon Lennox,   b. 19 Sept. 1932,   d. 27 Dec. 2017  (Age 85 years) + 2. Colonel David Henry Charles Gordon Lennox,   b. 2 Aug. 1935  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	13 July 2019
  Family ID	F572	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] BP 2003, Charles Mosley (ed.), (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003), volume 3, page 3337. [S23] The Times, (London, England), Friday 13 May 1988, Issue 63080, page 18, 13 May 1988. [S2] BP 2003, Charles Mosley (ed.), (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003), volume 3, page 3746.