Background
The son of Henry Gordon Strange Lumsden and Sydney Mary Elliot, he studied at Allhallows, Devon. Bedford School; and Jesus College, Cambridge (Master of Arts).
The son of Henry Gordon Strange Lumsden and Sydney Mary Elliot, he studied at Allhallows, Devon. Bedford School; and Jesus College, Cambridge (Master of Arts).
Bedford School.
He served in the Territorial Army with the London Scottish. He worked as an executive at British American Tobacco from 1959 until his retirement in 1982. He was the Director of Heritage Porcelain Limited. and Heritage Recordings Limited.
His Requiem Mass in 2008 was the first celebration in Street Mary"s Cathedral, Edinburgh, since 1969, of Mass in the 1962 form, approved in July of the previous year as an extraordinary form of the Roman Rite.
Garioch Pursuivant to the Chief of the Name and Arms of March (currently Margaret of March, the 30th Countess of March) President, Scottish Military History Society Admiral the Viscount Keppel Association Patron of the Aboyne Highland Games (1999 - his death) President of the 1745 Association/Scottish Military History Society (1991 - his death) Convenor of the Monarchist League of Scotland (1993) Member, Council, Royal Stuart Society.
Member of Lloyd"s Register (1985 - 2001).