Lord Bernard Gordon-Lennox Explained

Lord Bernard Gordon-Lennox
Birth Date:1 May 1878
Death Date:10 November 1914
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Branch: British Army
Serviceyears:1898–1914
Rank:Major
Unit:Grenadier Guards
Battles:Second Boer War
World War I
Relations:Sir George Gordon-Lennox (son)
Sir Alexander Gordon-Lennox (son)

Major Lord Bernard Charles Gordon-Lennox (1 May 1878 – 10 November 1914), was a British Army officer.

Early life

Gordon-Lennox was 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.

Career

He was a major in the Grenadier Guards[1] and served in the Second Boer War, in China, and in World War I, where he was killed in action in November 1914, aged 36.[2] 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.[3]

Personal life

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

Lady Bernard Gordon-Lennox remained a widow until her death in June 1944, during World War II, aged 67,[1] when a V-1 flying bomb hit the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks.[4]

Memorial windows

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

Notes and References

  1. http://thepeerage.com/p1476.htm#i14756 thepeerage.com Major Lord Bernard Charles Gordon-Lennox
  2. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0D14FA3C5C13738DDDAD0994D9415B848DF1D3 "Duke's son killed in battle in France." The New York Times, 13 November 1914.
  3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29710/First-Class_Matches.html First-Class Matches played by Lord Bernard Gordon-Lennox
  4. Web site: Guards Chapel Roll of Honour . 5 December 2010.