Bernard Gordon Lennox

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]

For his grandfather, see Lord Bernard Gordon-Lennox

Bernard Gordon Lennox
Born	19 September 1932
Died	27 December 2017 (aged 85)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
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

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

1. Corbett, CB, R.J.S. Berlin and the British Ally 19945-1990. Zumm Druckerei Berlin. p. 153.
2. The Peerage.com
3. "No. 39809". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 March 1953. p. 1716.
4. Debrett's People of Today 1994
5. Army Commands Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
6. Landowners win trout fishing test case The Herald, 9 July 1993
7. GORDON LENNOX