Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox

The Right Honourable 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
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Salisbury
Preceded by	The Earl of Radnor
Succeeded by	The Earl of Chesterfield
Personal details
Born	29 July 1865
Died	21 October 1922 (aged 57)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Alice Ogilvie-Grant (1856–1946)

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.

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

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