The Right Honourable Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox PC
"Treasurer of the Household". Gordon-Lennox as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, February 1892.
Treasurer of the Household
In office 20 November 1891 – 11 August 1892
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Salisbury
Preceded by	The Earl of Radnor
Succeeded by	The Earl of Chesterfield
Personal details
Born	(1865-07-29)29 July 1865
Died	21 October 1922(1922-10-21) (aged 57)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Alice Ogilvie-Grant ​ (m. 1889)​
Children	1
Parent(s)	Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond Frances Harriett Greville

Lord Walter Charles Gordon-Lennox, PC (29 July 1865 – 21 October 1922) was a British Conservative politician. He served as Treasurer of the Household from 1891 to 1892 under Lord Salisbury.

Background

Gordon-Lennox was the youngest of the four sons of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, by his wife Frances Harriett Greville, daughter of Algernon Greville.^[1] He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.

Political career

Gordon-Lennox entered Parliament in 1888 as Member of Parliament for Chichester, a seat he held until 1894.^[2] In 1891 he was sworn of the Privy Council^[3] and appointed Treasurer of the Household under Lord Salisbury,^[4] a post he retained until the government fell the following year.^[5]

Family

Gordon-Lennox married Alice Ogilvy-Grant, daughter of the Hon. George Henry Ogilvy-Grant and granddaughter of Francis Ogilvy-Grant, 6th Earl of Seafield, on 6 July 1889. They had at least one child, Victor Charles Hugh Gordon-Lennox (1897–1967). Gordon-Lennox died in October 1922, aged 57. Lady Walter Gordon-Lennox died in March 1946, aged 90.^[1]