George Arthur Maurice Hamilton-Gordon, 2nd Baron Stanmore (3 January 1871 – 13 April 1957), was a British

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politician.

Biography

Stanmore was the only son of

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, youngest son of Prime Minister

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. His mother was Rachel Emily, daughter of Sir John George Shaw-Lefevre. He was educated at

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and

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. He served from 1892 to 1895 as private secretary to successively the

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and the

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(both offices were held by his uncle

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). Hamilton-Gordon was enlisted with the

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, but in January 1902 transferred to be

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of the 3rd Battalion, the

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. After succeeding his father in the barony in 1912 Stanmore served as a

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(government whip in the

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) under

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and then

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from 1914 to 1922. He never returned to the government but was Chief Liberal Whip in the House of Lords from 1923 to 1944 and served as a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords. From 1921 to 1937 he was also Treasurer of

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. He was made a CVO in the

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and a KCVO in the

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and was sworn of the Privy Council following the

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. The Lord Stanmore died in April 1957, aged 86. He never married and the title became extinct on his death. He gets a mention in historian

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's book ''Closet Queens'' as a "homosexual bachelor."

References

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