George Gordon-Lennox

Lieutenant-General Sir George "Geordie" Charles Gordon-Lennox (29 May 1908 – 11 May 1988) was a senior British Army officer who served during the Second World War.

Military career Gordon-Lennox was born at 30 Wilton Crescent, Belgravia, the eldest son of Lord Bernard Gordon-Lennox and a grandson of the 7th Duke of Richmond. His mother was Hon. Evelyn Loch, daughter of Henry Loch, 1st Baron Loch. His younger brother was Rear-Admiral Sir Sandy Gordon-Lennox. Their father was killed at the Second Battle of Ypres in 1914.

After Eton, he trained at Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1928.

He fought with the Grenadier Guards in the Second World War, in which he was wounded at the Battle of Anzio in 1944. He was awarded the DSO and mentioned in despatches.

In 1951, Gordon-Lennox was appointed Commanding Officer of the Grenadier Guards In 1952, he also became Commander of 1st Guards Brigade. In 1960 he became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and then Director-General of Military Training at the War Office in 1963. and transferred to Scotland where he was General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Scottish Command and Governor of Edinburgh Castle until 1966.

In 1965, he became Colonel of the Gordon Highlanders and his last post was in retirement, as King of Arms of the Order of the British Empire from 1968 until 1983.