Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox
{{Short description|British Conservative Party politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable
| name = Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox Vanity Fair 1892-02-27.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| caption = "Treasurer of the Household". Gordon-Lennox as caricatured by "Spy" in Vanity Fair, February 1892
| order1 = Treasurer of the Household
| term_start1 = 20 November 1891
| term_end1 = 11 August 1892
| monarch1 = Victoria
| primeminister1 = The Marquess of Salisbury
| predecessor1 = The Earl of Radnor
| successor1 = The Earl of Chesterfield
| birth_name = Lord Walter Charles Gordon-Lennox
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1865|7|29}}
| birth_place = Belgravia, London, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1922|10|21|1865|7|29}}
| death_place = Bayswater, London, England
| nationality = British
| party = Conservative Party
| alma_mater =
| spouse = {{marriage|Alice Ogilvie-Grant|1889}}
| children = Victor Gordon-Lennox
| parents = Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond
Frances Harriett Greville
| honorific_suffix = PC
}}
Lord Walter Charles Gordon-Lennox, {{post-nominals|PC|size=100%}} (29 July 1865 – 21 October 1922) was a British Conservative politician. He served as Treasurer of the Household from 1891–2 under Lord Salisbury.{{cite news |title= Obituary: A Former Unionist Whip – Lord Walter Gordon Lennox |work=The Times |publisher=The Times Digital Archive |date=21 October 1922 |page=12 }}
Background
Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox was born at 49 Belgrave Square, Belgravia,{{cite news |title= Births |work=The Times |publisher=The Times Digital Archive |date=1 August 1865 |page= 1}} 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
Lord Walter entered Parliament in 1888 as Member of Parliament for Chichester, a seat he held until 1894.{{Rayment-hc|c|4|date=March 2012}} In 1891 he was sworn of the Privy Council{{London Gazette |issue=26227 |date=27 November 1891 |page=6458 }} and appointed Treasurer of the Household under Lord Salisbury,{{London Gazette |issue=26226 |date=24 November 1891 |page=6229 }} a post he retained until the government fell the following year.{{London Gazette |issue=26320 |date=26 August 1892 |page=4889 }}
Family
Lord Walter married Alice Ogilvy-Grant, daughter of the Hon. George Henry Ogilvy-Grant and granddaughter of Francis Ogilvy-Grant, 6th Earl of Seafield, on 6 July 1889. They had at one child, journalist Victor Charles Hugh Gordon-Lennox (1897–1968), who married three times. His second wife was Canadian Diana Kingsmill.{{cite news |title= Mr. Gordon-Lennox – Diplomatic Correspondent |work=The Times |publisher=The Times Digital Archive |date=26 January 1968 |page=10 }}
On 23 September 1922, he underwent emergency surgery for acute appendicitis.{{cite news |title= Court Circular |work=The Times |publisher=The Times Digital Archive |date=26 September 1922 |page=13 }} He appeared to be recovering well but four weeks later suffered a fatal heart attack at his home, 19 Palace Court, Bayswater, aged 57.
Lady Walter Gordon-Lennox died in March 1946, aged 90.{{cite news |title=Obituary |work=The Times |publisher=The Times Digital Archive |date=8 March 1946 |page= 4}}
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Category:People from Belgravia
Category:Younger sons of dukes
Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Category:Treasurers of the Household
Category:Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
Category:People educated at Eton College
Category:Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
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