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The Right HonourableLord Walter Gordon-LennoxPC
"Treasurer of the Household". Gordon-Lennox as caricatured by "Spy" in Vanity Fair, February 1892
Treasurer of the Household
In office
20 November 1891 – 11 August 1892
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterThe Marquess of Salisbury
Preceded byThe Earl of Radnor
Succeeded byThe Earl of Chesterfield
Personal details
BornLord Walter Charles Gordon-Lennox
(1865-07-29)29 July 1865
Belgravia, London, England
Died21 October 1922(1922-10-21) (aged 57)
Bayswater, London, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse Alice Ogilvie-Grant ​(m. 1889)​
ChildrenVictor Gordon-Lennox
Parent(s)Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond
Frances Harriett Greville

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

Background

Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox was born at 49 Belgrave Square, Belgravia, 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.

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.

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

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

References

  1. ^ "Obituary: A Former Unionist Whip – Lord Walter Gordon Lennox". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 21 October 1922. p. 12.
  2. "Births". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 1 August 1865. p. 1.
  3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
  4. "No. 26227". The London Gazette. 27 November 1891. p. 6458.
  5. "No. 26226". The London Gazette. 24 November 1891. p. 6229.
  6. "No. 26320". The London Gazette. 26 August 1892. p. 4889.
  7. "Mr. Gordon-Lennox – Diplomatic Correspondent". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 26 January 1968. p. 10.
  8. "Court Circular". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 26 September 1922. p. 13.
  9. "Obituary". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 8 March 1946. p. 4.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byEarl of March Member of Parliament for Chichester
1888 – 1894 		Succeeded byLord Edmund Talbot
Political offices
Preceded byThe Earl of Radnor Treasurer of the Household
1891–1892 		Succeeded byThe Earl of Chesterfield
Babies of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom


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