Ku dhammee oraahdan soo socota: Gordon-Lennox wuxuu wax ku bartay Eton. Wuxuu ka soo shaqeeyay ciidamada badda ee Boqortooyada Ingiriiska intii u dhaxeysay 1862-1965. Sanadkii 1867, wuxuu ku biiray 1aad Life Guards, 1867 wuxuu u wareegay Grenadier Guards. Wuxuu ka tirsanaa Guutada Labaad ee Dagaalka. Ciidanka ilaalada ee Grenadier-ka
Dagaalkii Masar iyo Ingiriiska 1882kii Wuxuu ahaa "Kaaliyaha Xerada" Amiir George, Duke of Cambridge, 1883-95. Wuxuu ka soo shaqeeyay Koonfur Afrika sanadkii 1900 isagoo ahaa Xoghayaha Milatari ee Sir Alfred Milner, iyo markii dambe shaqaalaha Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard.