Lord Bernard Gordon-Lennox

Major Lord Bernard Charles Gordon-Lennox, was a British Army officer who was killed in the First World War.

Early life

Gordon-Lennox was born at 3 Grosvenor Crescent, Belgravia, the third son of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond, by his first wife Amy Mary Ricardo, daughter of Percy Ricardo, of Bramley Park, Guildford, Surrey. Charles Gordon-Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond and Brigadier-General Lord Esmé Gordon-Lennox were his elder brothers. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

Career

Gordon-Lennox was a major in the Grenadier Guards and served in the Second Boer War, in China, and in World War I, where he was killed in action during the First Battle of Ypres in November 1914, aged 36. He was buried in Zillebeke Churchyard Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery.
Gordon-Lennox appeared in a single first-class cricket match for Middlesex against Gloucestershire in the 1903 County Championship.

Personal life

Gordon-Lennox married Hon. Evelyn, daughter of Henry Loch, 1st Baron Loch, in 1907. They had two sons:.

Lady Bernard Gordon-Lennox remained a widow until her death in June 1944, during World War II, aged 67, when a V-1 flying bomb hit the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks.

Memorial windows

There is are stained-glass windows dedicated to him at the Gordon Chapel in Scotland and Boxgrove Priory church, West Sussex.