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Lt. Cdr. Michael Charles Gordon-Lennox, RN
1938 - 2024 (85 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. Lt. Cdr. Michael Charles Gordon-Lennox, RN was born on 30 Sep 1938 (son of Rear Adm Sir Alexander Henry Charles Gordon-Lennox, KCVO CB DSO and Barbara Steele); died on 10 Jan 2024. Other Events and Attributes:
- Military Service: 1960
Notes:
Joined the Royal Navy in 1957 as a cadet at the Britannia R.N.College, Dartmouth. Promoted to Sub-Lieut. 1960 and saw service in H.M.S. Salisbury, H.M.Y. Britannia and later as the First Lieut. of H.M.S. Squirrel on fishery protection duties. After promotion to Lieut. he served in the first commission of H.M.S. Kent, before being appointed as A.D.C. to the unified Commander-In-Chief Far East in Singapore during the Indonesian Confrontation Campaign 1964-66. After returning to the UK, appointed as Operations and Navingating Officer of destroyer H.M.S. Cavalier and thence to H.M.S. Vernon to qualify as an anti-submarine warfare specialist.
1968-69 served in H.M.S. Tenby as an anti-submarine and Darmouth Cadet Training Officer. Promoted to Lieut. Commander 1970, just after arrival at Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment, where he helped to specify the requirements for the Navy's future digital computer weapon systems, putting theory into practice in the first commission of H.M.S. Bristol as the anti-submarine officer.
1974-76 on staff of the Flag Officer, First Flotilla and promoted to Commander in 1976. Served in the Operational Requirements Directorate of the Naval Staff in the Ministry of Defence before being appointed in Command of H.M.S. Active in December 1978.
Interests: fishing, shooting, gardening, golf and cricket.Michael married Jennifer Susan Gibbs, CVO [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
2. Rear Adm Sir Alexander Henry Charles Gordon-Lennox, KCVO CB DSO was born on 9 Apr 1911 in Scotland (son of Major General Bernard Charles Gordon-Lennox and Evelyn Loch); died on 4 Jul 1987 in Scotland. Notes:
Rear Admiral Sir Alexander Henry Charles Gordon-Lennox KCVO CB DSO (9 April 1911 – 4 July 1987) was a Royal Navy officer who became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Gordon-Lennox_(Royal_Navy_officer)Alexander married Barbara Steele on 12 Nov 1936. Barbara (daughter of Maj Gen Julian Steele and Evelyn Loch) died in 1987. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Barbara Steele (daughter of Maj Gen Julian Steele and Evelyn Loch); died in 1987. Children:
- 1. Lt. Cdr. Michael Charles Gordon-Lennox, RN was born on 30 Sep 1938; died on 10 Jan 2024.
Generation: 3
4. Major General Bernard Charles Gordon-Lennox was born on 1 May 1878 in Boxgrove, Sussex; died on 10 Nov 1914 in Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium; was buried in Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium. Bernard married Evelyn Loch. Evelyn was born on 29 Jul 1876 in Onchan, Isle of Man; died on 18 Jun 1944 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Evelyn Loch was born on 29 Jul 1876 in Onchan, Isle of Man; died on 18 Jun 1944 in Scotland. Children:
- 2. Rear Adm Sir Alexander Henry Charles Gordon-Lennox, KCVO CB DSO was born on 9 Apr 1911 in Scotland; died on 4 Jul 1987 in Scotland.
6. Maj Gen Julian Steele Julian married Evelyn Loch. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Evelyn Loch Children:
- 3. Barbara Steele died in 1987.