Career
Gascoigne was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1923. He served in World 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. After the War he became Deputy Commander of the British Mission in Washington Doctorate. C. He was appointed Major-General commanding the Household Brigade and General Officer Commanding London District in 1950 and retired in 1953.
In retirement he worked as a stockbroker from 1955 to 1959 and was then Governor of Bermuda from 1959 to 1964.
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. By 1970 he was President of the Union Jack Club in London.
He was an uncle of University Challenge host Bamber Gascoigne.
