The Right Honourable
Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox
PC
"Treasurer of the Household". Gordon-Lennox as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) 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
Born(1865-07-29)29 July 1865
Died21 October 1922(1922-10-21) (aged 57)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Alice Ogilvie-Grant
​
(m. 1889)​
Children1
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 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.[2] In 1891 he was sworn of the Privy Council[3] and appointed Treasurer of the Household under Lord Salisbury,[4] a post he retained until the government fell the following year.[5]

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]

References

  1. 1 2 thepeerage.com Rt. Hon. Lord Walter Charles Gordon-Lennox
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
  3. ↑ "No. 26227". The London Gazette. 27 November 1891. p. 6458.
  4. ↑ "No. 26226". The London Gazette. 24 November 1891. p. 6229.
  5. ↑ "No. 26320". The London Gazette. 26 August 1892. p. 4889.


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