Bernard Gordon Lennox
- For his grandfather, see Lord Bernard Gordon-Lennox
Bernard Gordon Lennox | |
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Born | 19 September 1932 |
Died | 27 December 2017 85) | (aged
Allegiance |
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Service/ |
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Years of service | 1953–1987 |
Rank | Major-General |
Unit | Grenadier Guards |
Commands held |
1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards British Forces in Berlin |
Awards |
Companion of the Order of the Bath Member of the Order of the British Empire |
Major-General Bernard Charles Gordon Lennox, CB, MBE (19 September 1932 – 27 December 2017) was a senior British Army officer. He served as Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin from October 1983 to December 1985[1].
Military career
Born the eldest son of Lieutenant General Sir George Gordon Lennox, and educated at Eton College Bernard Gordon Lennox was Page of Honour to King George VI.[2] He graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1953.[3]
He was made Commanding Officer of 1st Bn Grenadier Guards in 1974.[4] He went on to be a General Staff Officer at the RAF Staff College in 1976, Commander of 20th Armoured Brigade in 1978[5] and Chief of Staff for South East District in 1981 before becoming Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin in 1983.[4] Finally he became the Senior Army Member at the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1986.[4] He retired in 1987.[4]
He lived at Eversley in Hampshire.[6]
He died on 27 December 2017 at the age of 85.[7]
Family
In 1958 he married Sally-Rose Warner: they went on to have three sons.[4]
References
- ↑ Corbett, CB, R.J.S. Berlin and the British Ally 19945-1990. Zumm Druckerei Berlin. p. 153.
- ↑ The Peerage.com
- ↑ "No. 39809". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 March 1953. p. 1716.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Debrett's People of Today 1994
- ↑ Army Commands Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Landowners win trout fishing test case The Herald, 9 July 1993
- ↑ GORDON LENNOX
Court offices | ||
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Preceded by None due to the War |
Page of Honour 1946 – 1949 |
Succeeded by Henry Charles Seymour |
Military offices | ||
Preceded by Sir David Mostyn |
Commandant, British Sector in Berlin 1983–1985 |
Succeeded by Patrick Brooking |