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Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox
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 1891–2 under Lord Salisbury.[1] BackgroundLord Walter Gordon-Lennox was born at 49 Belgrave Square, Belgravia,[2] the youngest of the four sons of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, by his wife Frances Harriett Greville, daughter of Algernon Greville. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.[1] Political careerLord Walter entered Parliament in 1888 as Member of Parliament for Chichester, a seat he held until 1894.[3] In 1891 he was sworn of the Privy Council[4] and appointed Treasurer of the Household under Lord Salisbury,[5] a post he retained until the government fell the following year.[6] FamilyLord Walter 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 one child, journalist Victor Charles Hugh Gordon-Lennox (1897–1968), who married three times. His second wife was Canadian Diana Kingsmill.[7] On 23 September 1922, he underwent emergency surgery for acute appendicitis.[8] He appeared to be recovering well but four weeks later suffered a fatal heart attack at his home, 19 Palace Court, Bayswater, aged 57.[1] Lady Walter Gordon-Lennox died in March 1946, aged 90.[9] References
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