Julian Gascoigne

Major-General Sir Julian Alvery Gascoigne, KCMG, KCVO, CB, DSO, DL (/ˈɡæskɔɪn/, 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.

After retiring from the army, he worked as a stockbroker and then served as Governor and military Commander-in-Chief of Bermuda (an Imperial fortress that had been greatly diminished by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance) from 1959 to 1964.

[2] He fought at the Battle of Alamein, with the Eighth Army in Tunis, and in Salerno as part of the Allied invasion of Italy.

[1] During his time as "The Major General", he oversaw the funeral of King George VI and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

[2] 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.

Gascoigne (right) with US President John F. Kennedy (centre) in Bermuda on 21 December 1961.