Lord Bernard Gordon-Lennox

Major Lord Bernard Charles Gordon-Lennox (1 May 1878 – 10 November 1914), was a British Army officer who was killed in the First World War.

Early life Gordon-Lennox was born at 3 Grosvenor Crescent, Belgravia, the third son of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond, by his first wife Amy Mary Ricardo, daughter of Percy Ricardo, of Bramley Park, Guildford, Surrey. Charles Gordon-Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond and Brigadier-General Lord Esmé Gordon-Lennox were his elder brothers. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was buried in Zillebeke Churchyard Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery.

Gordon-Lennox appeared in a single first-class cricket match for Middlesex against Gloucestershire in the 1903 County Championship.

Personal life Gordon-Lennox married Hon. Evelyn, daughter of Henry Loch, 1st Baron Loch, in 1907. They had two sons:.

Lieutenant-General Sir George "Geordie" Gordon-Lennox Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander "Sandy" Gordon-Lennox

Lady Bernard Gordon-Lennox remained a widow until her death in June 1944, during the Second World War, aged 67, when a V-1 flying bomb hit the Guards' Chapel, Wellington Barracks.

Memorial windows There is are stained-glass windows dedicated to him at the Gordon Chapel in Fochabers, Scotland and Boxgrove Priory church, West Sussex, England.