General Sir Henry Lynedoch Gardiner KCVO CB (12 February 1820[1][2] – 15 December 1897) was a British Army general who served in the Royal Artillery and was on the Royal Commission for the Defence of Canada in 1861.
[3] He was the son of General Sir Robert Gardiner and Caroline Mary Macleod.
He was born at his grandfather Lieutenant General Sir John Macleod's house in St James's Park.
[5] The Queen granted him use of Thatched House Lodge in Richmond Park as a grace and favour residence.
[5] His diaries – covering the years 1837 and 1839–68 – are held at Cambridge University Library.