Reginald Arthur Gordon-Lennox was born in Kensington. He was the son of Brigadier-General Lord Esme Charles Gordon-Lennox and Hon. Hermione Frances Caroline Fellowes. Captain Gordon-Lennox's grandmother was a Spencer - Churchill, and his grandfather was the 7th Duke of Richmond, the family that own Goodwood.
His service record records him as being 6 foot 2 inches with brown eyes and dak hair and complexion.
He married Pamela Cicely-Leyland, daughter of Captain Christopher Digby Leyland and Sylvia Evelyn Cotterell, on 17 February 1942.
The family moved to Rhodesia in 1947 and lived at Rakodzi, Marandellas (now Marondera).
He was awarded the OBE for services to the community in June 1963.
He died of respiratory issues on the 30 August 1965 in St Anne's Hospital, Avondale, Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) age 55, where he was a farmer.
| Unit or location | Role | Posted from | until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blairmore House, Aberdeenshire | Intelligence Officer | 02 Apr 1941 | 1942 |
| Aberdeenshire | Intelligence Officer | 02 Apr 1941 | 1942 |
Winchester College
(1939) Assistant Manager Motor Works. Later Farmer
1940 Commissioned Scots Guards.
He was posted to Auxiliary Units on 31 May 1941. By 5 Jul 1941 he was signing documents as Captain, indicating he was already the Auxiliary Units Intelligence Officer for the area.
1942-44 Royal Armoured Corps Officer Cadet Training Unit.
1945 2nd Battalion Scots Guard North West Europe.
Described by a cadet at Blackdown Officer Cadet Training Unit as “highly strung, sardonic, poisonously witty, and cynical about everything apart from classical music." He was, in due course, heir to the Dukedom of Richmond, a prospect he considered "as ridiculous as the world he lived in”
Morven Proctor
The Tatler 4 March 1942
London Gazette 31 May 1963
Service Record