- For his grandfather, see Lord Bernard Gordon-Lennox
Bernard Gordon Lennox Born 19 September 1932 Allegiance 
United KingdomService/branch 
British ArmyYears of service 1953 - 1987 Rank Major-General Commands held 1st Bn Grenadier Guards
British Forces in BerlinAwards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Member of the Order of the British EmpireMajor-General Bernard Charles Gordon Lennox CB MBE (born 19 September 1932) was Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin.
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.[1] He graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1953.[2]
He was made Commanding Officer of 1st Bn Grenadier Guards in 1974.[3] He went on to be a General Staff Officer at the RAF Staff College in 1976, Commander of 20th Armoured Brigade in 1978[4] and Chief of Staff for South East District in 1981 before becoming Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin in 1983.[3] Finally he became the Senior Army Member at the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1986.[3] He retired in 1987.[3]
He lives at Eversley in Hampshire.[5]
Family[]
In 1958 he married Sally-Rose Warner: they went on to have three sons.[3]
References[]
- ↑ The Peerage.com
- ↑ "No. 39809". 24 March 1953. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39809/page/
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Debrett's People of Today 1994
- ↑ Army Commands
- ↑ Landowners win trout fishing test case The Herald, 9 July 1993
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