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.
Born	25 October 1903
Died	26 February 1990(1990-02-26) (aged 86)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1923–53
Rank	Major-General
Unit	Grenadier Guards
Commands held	London District 201st Guards Motor Brigade 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards
Battles/wars	Second World War
Awards	Knight 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]

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