Allegiance United Kingdom Died April 16, 1956 Commands held London District Service/branch British Army | Name Walter 10th Rank Major-general Role Commanding officer | |
Battles/wars Second Boer War
World War I Parents Walter Hore-Ruthven, 9th Lord Ruthven of Freeland Awards Order of the Bath, Order of St Michael and St George, Distinguished Service Order Battles and wars Second Boer War, World War I | ||
Major General Walter Patrick Hore-Ruthven, 10th Lord Ruthven of Freeland, 2nd Baron Ruthven of Gowrie, (6 June 1870 – 16 April 1956), known as Master of Ruthven from 1870 to 1921, was a senior British Army officer. He served as Major-General commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding London District from 1924 to 1928, and was then Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey until 1934.
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Military career
Hore-Ruthven was commissioned into the Scots Guards in 1887. He served in the Second Boer War, and on 1 January 1902 was appointed regimental Adjutant of the Scots Guards. He later served in the First World War. He succeeded as 2nd Baron Ruthven of Gowrie and as 10th Lord Ruthven of Freeland in 1921.
After the war he became Commander of the Bangalore Brigade in India and in 1924 he was appointed Major-General commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding London District. In 1929 he was made Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey. He retired in 1935.
Background and family
Educated at Eton College, Lord Ruthven was the son of Walter James Hore-Ruthven, 9th Lord Ruthven of Freeland and Lady Caroline Annesley Gore, a daughter of Philip Gore, 4th Earl of Arran. He married Jean Leslie Lampson, who was a granddaughter of Curtis Lampson, in 1895 and had issue:
After Jean Lampson's death in 1952, Lord Ruthven remarried Judith Gordon Bell.
Titles
Lord Ruthven's surname and title originated from his Irish great-grandfather Walter Hore's marriage to Scottish noblewoman Mary Ruthven, Lady Ruthven of Freeland. Walter legally changed his surname to Hore-Ruthven.
As his more senior title was in the Peerage of Scotland and may be inherited by female descendants, it is currently held by the Carlisle branch of the Howard family through Lady Ruthven's first marriage. The junior title Baron Ruthven of Gowrie may only pass through male descendants and is held by his great-nephew Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie.