Monarch Victoria Name Lord Gordon-Lennox Preceded by The Earl of Radnor Role British Politician | Nationality British Died October 21, 1922 Political party Conservative Party Conservative Party | |
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Prime Minister The Marquess of Salisbury Spouse(s) Alice Ogilvie-Grant
(1856–1946) Succeeded by Edwyn Scuda-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield | ||
Lord Walter Charles Gordon-Lennox, (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.
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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. 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. In 1891 he was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed Treasurer of the Household under Lord Salisbury, a post he retained until the government fell the following year.
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.