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 Date:1865 7, df=yes
Nationality:British
Party:Conservative Party
Children:1
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 to 1892 under Lord Salisbury.

Background

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

Political career

Gordon-Lennox 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

Gordon-Lennox 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 least one child, Victor Charles Hugh Gordon-Lennox (1897–1967). Gordon-Lennox died in October 1922, aged 57. Lady Walter Gordon-Lennox died in March 1946, aged 90.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://thepeerage.com/p7917.htm#i79170 thepeerage.com Rt. Hon. Lord Walter Charles Gordon-Lennox