Julian Gascoigne

Sir Julian Gascoigne
Born	1903
Died	1990 (aged 86–87)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards 201st Guards Motor Brigade London District
Battles/wars	World War II
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
Relations	married to Joyce Newman

Major-General Sir Julian Gascoigne KCMG KCVO CB DSO (1903–1990) was Major-General commanding the Household Brigade and General Officer Commanding London District.

Military career

Gascoigne was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1923.^[1] He served in World War II as Commanding Officer of 1st Bn Grenadier Guards from 1941 to 1942 when he became Commander of 201st Guards Motor Brigade in North Africa and in 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 in 1953.^[1]

In retirement he worked as a stockbroker from 1955 to 1959 and was then Governor of Bermuda from 1959 to 1964.^[1] He hosted an important summit meeting in December 1961 between Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and 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 married Joyce Newman.^[4] He 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
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.