Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox
Order1:Treasurer of the Household
Term Start1:20 November 1891
Term End1:11 August 1892
Monarch1:Victoria
Primeminister1:The Marquess of Salisbury
Predecessor1:The Earl of Radnor
Successor1:The Earl of Chesterfield
Birth Name:Lord Walter Charles Gordon-Lennox
Birth Date:1865 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Belgravia, London, England
Death Place:Bayswater, London, England
Nationality:British
Party:Conservative Party
Children:Victor Gordon-Lennox
Parents:Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond
Frances Harriett Greville
Honorific Suffix:PC

Lord Walter Charles Gordon-Lennox, (29 July 1865  - 21 October 1922) was a British Conservative politician. He served as Treasurer of the Household from 1891–2 under Lord Salisbury.[1]

Background

Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox was born at 49 Belgrave Square, Belgravia,[2] the youngest of the four sons of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, by his wife Frances Harriett Greville, daughter of Algernon Greville. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.[1]

Political career

Lord Walter entered Parliament in 1888 as Member of Parliament for Chichester, a seat he held until 1894. In 1891 he was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed Treasurer of the Household under Lord Salisbury, a post he retained until the government fell the following year.

Family

Lord Walter married Alice Ogilvy-Grant, daughter of the Hon. George Henry Ogilvy-Grant and granddaughter of Francis Ogilvy-Grant, 6th Earl of Seafield, on 6 July 1889. They had at one child, journalist Victor Charles Hugh Gordon-Lennox (1897–1968), who married three times. His second wife was Canadian Diana Kingsmill.[3]

On 23 September 1922, he underwent emergency surgery for acute appendicitis.[4] He appeared to be recovering well but four weeks later suffered a fatal heart attack at his home, 19 Palace Court, Bayswater, aged 57.[1]

Lady Walter Gordon-Lennox died in March 1946, aged 90.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Obituary: A Former Unionist Whip – Lord Walter Gordon Lennox . . The Times Digital Archive . 21 October 1922 . 12 .
  2. News: Births . . The Times Digital Archive . 1 August 1865 . 1.
  3. News: Mr. Gordon-Lennox – Diplomatic Correspondent . . The Times Digital Archive . 26 January 1968 . 10 .
  4. News: Court Circular . . The Times Digital Archive . 26 September 1922 . 13 .
  5. News: Obituary . . The Times Digital Archive . 8 March 1946 . 4.