George Hamilton-Gordon, 2nd Baron Stanmore
George Arthur Maurice Hamilton-Gordon, 2nd Baron Stanmore PC (3 January 1871 – 13 April 1957), was a British Liberal politician.
Biography
Stanmore was the only son of
He served from 1892 to 1895 as private secretary to successively the
George Shaw-Lefevre
).
Hamilton-Gordon was enlisted with the
Hampshire Regiment, but in January 1902 transferred to be captain of the 3rd Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders.[2]
After succeeding his father in the barony in 1912 Stanmore served as a
Privy Council following the 1932 Birthday Honours
.
The Lord Stanmore died in April 1957, aged 86. He never married and the title became extinct on his death. He gets a mention in historian Michael Bloch's book Closet Queens as a "homosexual bachelor."[3]
References
- ^ "Hamilton-Gordon, George Arthur Maurice; afterwards Baron Stanmore (HMLN889GA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "No. 27400". The London Gazette. 24 January 1902. p. 516.
- ISBN 978-1408704127.
External links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- www.thepeerage.com