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Major General Bernard Charles Gordon-Lennox

Male 1878 - 1914  (36 years)


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  1. 1.  Major General Bernard Charles Gordon-Lennox was born on 1 May 1878 in Boxgrove, Sussex; died on 10 Nov 1914 in Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium; was buried in Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium.

    Family/Spouse: Evelyn Loch. Evelyn was born on 29 Jul 1876 in Onchan, Isle of Man; died on 18 Jun 1944 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Rear Adm Sir Alexander Henry Charles Gordon-Lennox, KCVO CB DSO  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Apr 1911 in Scotland; died on 4 Jul 1987 in Scotland.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Rear Adm Sir Alexander Henry Charles Gordon-Lennox, KCVO CB DSO Descendancy chart to this point (1.Bernard1) was born on 9 Apr 1911 in Scotland; died on 4 Jul 1987 in Scotland.

    Notes:

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

    See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Gordon-Lennox_(Royal_Navy_officer)

    Alexander married Barbara Steele on 12 Nov 1936. Barbara (daughter of Maj Gen Julian Steele and Evelyn Loch) died in 1987. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Lt. Cdr. Michael Charles Gordon-Lennox, RN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Sep 1938; died on 10 Jan 2024.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Lt. Cdr. Michael Charles Gordon-Lennox, RN Descendancy chart to this point (2.Alexander2, 1.Bernard1) was born on 30 Sep 1938; died on 10 Jan 2024.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Military Service: 1960

    Notes:

    Joined the Royal Navy in 1957 as a cadet at the Britannia R.N.College, Dartmouth. Promoted to Sub-Lieut. 1960 and saw service in H.M.S. Salisbury, H.M.Y. Britannia and later as the First Lieut. of H.M.S. Squirrel on fishery protection duties. After promotion to Lieut. he served in the first commission of H.M.S. Kent, before being appointed as A.D.C. to the unified Commander-In-Chief Far East in Singapore during the Indonesian Confrontation Campaign 1964-66. After returning to the UK, appointed as Operations and Navingating Officer of destroyer H.M.S. Cavalier and thence to H.M.S. Vernon to qualify as an anti-submarine warfare specialist.

    1968-69 served in H.M.S. Tenby as an anti-submarine and Darmouth Cadet Training Officer. Promoted to Lieut. Commander 1970, just after arrival at Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment, where he helped to specify the requirements for the Navy's future digital computer weapon systems, putting theory into practice in the first commission of H.M.S. Bristol as the anti-submarine officer.

    1974-76 on staff of the Flag Officer, First Flotilla and promoted to Commander in 1976. Served in the Operational Requirements Directorate of the Naval Staff in the Ministry of Defence before being appointed in Command of H.M.S. Active in December 1978.

    Interests: fishing, shooting, gardening, golf and cricket.

    Michael married Jennifer Susan Gibbs, CVO [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Lucinda Jean Gordon-Lennox  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 5. Charlotte Louise Gordon-Lennox  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 6. Hamish Gordon-Lennox  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 4

  1. 6.  Hamish Gordon-Lennox Descendancy chart to this point (3.Michael3, 2.Alexander2, 1.Bernard1)

    Family/Spouse: Susannah Coy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Barnaby Charles Gordon-Lennox  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 8. Wilfred Charles Gordon-Lennox  Descendancy chart to this point


 

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