Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox

Lord Walter Charles Gordon-Lennox, PC (29 July 1865 21 October 1922) was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as Treasurer of the Household from 1891 to 1892 under Lord Salisbury.


Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox
"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(s)
Alice Ogilvie-Grant
(m. 1889)
Children1
ParentsCharles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond
Frances Harriett Greville

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 Ogilvie-Grant, daughter of The Honourable George Henry Ogilvie-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

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Earl of March
Member of Parliament for Chichester
1888 1894
Succeeded by
Lord Edmund Talbot
Political offices
Preceded by
The Earl of Radnor
Treasurer of the Household
18911892
Succeeded by
The Earl of Chesterfield


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