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Alexander Gordon Lennox (Royal Navy officer)

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Years of service
  
1924–1962

Service/branch
  
Royal Navy

Name
  
Alexander Gordon-Lennox

Rank
  
Rear admiral

Role
  
Royal Navy officer

Allegiance
  
United Kingdom

Died
  
July 4, 1987


Commands held
  
2nd Frigate Squadron HMS Mercury HMS Newcastle Royal Naval College, Greenwich

Battles/wars
  
World War II Malayan Emergency

Awards
  
Royal Victorian Order, Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order

Battles and wars
  
World War II, Malayan Emergency

Rear Admiral Sir Alexander Henry Charles Gordon-Lennox (9 April 1911 – 4 July 1987) was a Royal Navy officer who became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

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Born the son of Major Lord Bernard Gordon-Lennox, Gordon-Lennox joined the Royal Navy in 1924. He served in the Middle East, in East Coast convoys and in Arctic convoys during the Second World War. He became Commanding Officer of the sloop HMS Mermaid as well as Captain of the 2nd Frigate Squadron in 1954. He went on to become Commander of the signal school HMS Mercury in 1955, Flag Captain commanding the cruiser HMS Newcastle during the Malayan Emergency in 1957 and Deputy Chief of Supplies and Transport at the Admiralty in 1959. His last appointment was as President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1961 before retiring in 1962.

In retirement he was Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons between 1961 and 1976.

Marriage and family

Gordon-Lennox married Barbara Steele in 1936. They had two sons who both followed Royal Navy careers:

  • Michael (b.1938) became a Captain and m. Jennifer Gibbs, a lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother and later to the Queen.
  • Andrew (b.1948) became a Commander and a Defence and Naval Attaché. He married Julia Morrison.
  • References

    Alexander Gordon-Lennox (Royal Navy officer) Wikipedia