| 词条 | Alexander Gordon-Lennox (Royal Navy officer) |
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|name= Alexander Gordon-Lennox |birth_date=9 April 1911 |death_date=4 July 1987 |birth_place= |death_place= |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom |serviceyears=1924–1962 |rank= Rear Admiral |commands= 2nd Frigate Squadron HMS Mercury HMS Newcastle Royal Naval College, Greenwich |branch= Royal Navy |unit= |battles=World War II Malayan Emergency |awards=Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order |laterwork= }} Rear Admiral Sir Alexander Henry Charles Gordon-Lennox {{postnominals|country=GBR|KCVO|CB|DSO}} (9 April 1911 – 4 July 1987) was a Royal Navy officer who became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Naval careerBorn the son of Major Lord Bernard Gordon-Lennox, Gordon-Lennox joined the Royal Navy in 1924.[1] He served in the Middle East, in East Coast convoys and in Arctic convoys during the Second World War.[1] He became Commanding Officer of the sloop HMS Mermaid as well as Captain of the 2nd Frigate Squadron in 1954. He went on to become Commander of the signal school HMS Mercury in 1955, Flag Captain commanding the cruiser HMS Newcastle during the Malayan Emergency in 1957 and Deputy Chief of Supplies and Transport at the Admiralty in 1959.[1] His last appointment was as President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1961 before retiring in 1962.[2] He was admitted a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1962 New Year Honours [3] In retirement he was Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons between 1961 and 1976[2][4] and was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1972 New Year Honours.[5] Marriage and familyGordon-Lennox married Barbara Steele in 1936. They had two sons who both followed Royal Navy careers:[2]
References1. ^1 2 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Earl Cairns}}{{s-ttl|title=President, Royal Naval College, Greenwich|years=1961–1962}}{{s-aft|after=Morgan Morgan-Giles}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon-Lennox, Alexander}}2. ^1 2 The Peerage.com 3. ^ {{London Gazette|issue=42552|page=2|date=1 January 1962}} 4. ^{{London Gazette|issue=46942|page=8697|date=22 June 1976}} 5. ^{{London Gazette|supp=y|issue=45554|page=4|date=1 January 1972}} 8 : 1911 births|1987 deaths|Royal Navy admirals|Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order|Companions of the Order of the Bath|Companions of the Distinguished Service Order|Admiral presidents of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich|Serjeants-at-Arms of the British House of Commons |
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