Julian Gascoigne

Major-General Sir Julian Alvery Gascoigne, KCMG, KCVO, CB, DSO, DL (25 October 1903 – 26 February 1990) was a senior British Army officer who served in the Second World War and became Major-General commanding the Household Brigade and General Officer Commanding London District.

Sir Julian Gascoigne
Governor Major-General Sir Julian Gascoigne (red tunic) with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and US President John F. Kennedy in Bermuda on 21 December 1961.
Born25 October 1903
Died26 February 1990(1990-02-26) (aged 86)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1923–53
RankMajor-General
UnitGrenadier Guards
Commands heldLondon District
201st Guards Motor Brigade
1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards
Battles/warsSecond World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Spouse(s)Joyce Newman

Military career

Gascoigne entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Grenadier Guards in 1923.[1] He served in the Second World War as Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards from 1941 to August 1942, when he took command of the 201st Guards Motor Brigade, leading it in North Africa and Italy.[1]

After the war he became Deputy Commander of the British Mission in Washington, D.C.[1] He was appointed Major-General commanding the Household Brigade and General Officer Commanding London District in 1950 and retired from the army in 1953.[1]

In retirement he worked as a stockbroker from 1955 to 1959 and was then Governor of Bermuda (combining the roles of civil Governor and military Commander-in-Chief of the Bermuda Command) from 1959 to 1964.[1] He hosted an important summit meeting in December 1961 between British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and U.S. President John F. Kennedy, following the erection of the Berlin Wall.[2] By 1970 he was President of the Union Jack Club in London.[3] He was married to Joyce Newman,[4] and was an uncle of University Challenge host Bamber Gascoigne.[5]

gollark: Well, I guess I have five days eight hours to decide what to do with my siyat pile.
gollark: What do you mean dropped?
gollark: Do they sell for CB silvers or whatever nowadays?
gollark: I'll throw out a dark lumina or something.
gollark: Oh, four purple siyats. Those are probably valuable, but I can't accept them.

References
  1. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  2. Special Visitors Bermuda On-line
  3. The Union Jack Club – 100 years on Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Lady Joyce Gascoigne (née Newman), Wife of Sir Julian Gascoigne". National Portrait Gallery.
  5. "Special Coronation Edition". Television Newsreel. BBC. 2 June 1953. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir John Marriott		 GOC London District
1950–1953		 Succeeded by
Sir George Johnson
Preceded by
Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke		 Colonel Commandant and President, Honourable Artillery Company
1954–1959		 Succeeded by
Sir Richard Goodbody
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