General Sir Henry Lynedoch Gardiner (1820–1897) was a British knight and Army general who served in the Royal Artillery and was on the Royal Commission for the Defence of Canada in 1861.[1]
He was born in 1820, a son of General Sir Robert Gardiner, and was educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, entering the Royal Artillery in 1837, and subsequently serving in Canada and in India.[2]
He was Equerry to Queen Victoria from 1872 to 1896.[3] The Queen granted him use of Thatched House Lodge in Richmond Park as a grace and favour residence. From 1896 to 1897 he was King of Arms of the Order of the Bath and Commandant of the Horse Artillery.[2]
There is a photograph of Gardiner and his daughter in the Royal Collection.[3] His diaries – covering the years 1837 and 1839–68 – are held at Cambridge University Library.[4]
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- ↑ "General Sir Henry Lynedoch Gardiner: Diaries". Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives. 1837–1868. https://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0012%2FMS%20Add.9573;sib0=302. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Obituary". New York Times. 16 December 1897.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Colonel Lynedoch Gardiner and his daughter. 1874. Royal Household Portraits. Volume 55.". Collection. Royal Collection Trust. https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/2910485/colonel-lynedoch-gardiner-and-his-daughter-1874-royal-household-portraits-volume. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ↑ "Diaries: Gardiner, Sir Henry Lynedoch (1820–1897) Knight General". Discovery. The National Archives (United Kingdom). http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/N13741071. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
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