Birthday Greetings Card in 1921. And Lord Algernon Gordon-Lennox

            The Postcard

A postcard that was published by Mésange. The card was posted in Eastbourne on Monday the 3rd. October 1921 to:

Miss Violet Birtles,
5, Ringwood Road,
Eastbourne.

The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:

"Just a P.C. dear to wish
you Many Happy Returns
of your birthday.
From your loving Mama.
xxxx"

Lord Algernon Gordon-Lennox

So what else happened on the day that Violet's mother posted the card?

Well, the 3rd. October 1921 was not a good day for Lord Algernon Gordon-Lennox, because he died at the age of 74 on that day.

Colonel Lord Algernon Charles Gordon-Lennox, who was born on Sunday the 19th. September 1847, was a British army officer.

Algernon was born to Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th. Duke of Richmond, and Frances Harriett Greville, daughter of Algernon Greville.

Gordon-Lennox was educated at Eton. He served in the Royal Navy between 1862–65, and In 1867, he joined the 1st. Life Guards before transferring to the Grenadier Guards. 

Algernon served with the 2nd. Battalion Grenadier Guards in the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882. 

Algernon married Blanche, daughter of Col. Hon. Charles Henry Maynard and Blanche (née Fitzroy) Maynard on Tuesday the 31st. August 1886.  Blanche was born in 1864, and died in 1945. Together, they had a child named Ivy.

Algernon was the Aide-de-Camp to Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, from 1883 to 1895. He then served in South Africa in 1900 as Military Secretary to Sir Alfred Milner, and latterly on the staff of Hugh Trenchard, 1st. Viscount Trenchard.

Lady Helen Gordon-Lennox

To see cards on the photostream that were written to Lady Helen Gordon-Lennox between 1901 and 1903 when she was a young teenager, please search for the tags Gordon and Lennox.

Taken on: September 29, 2022

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